The use of the Podotrack in forensic podiatry for collection and analysis of bare footprints using the Reel method of measurement

A comparative study of standing fleshed foot and walking and jumping bare footprint measurements

“…Importantly, Barker and Scheuer [2] reported characteristic smudging in the heel strike and toe off areas of footprints, which may be explained by the foot 'sliding' on the paper due to the wet paint. Therefore, differences in footprint collection methods may be a significant factor as Burrow [15] This is a confounding factor as Burrow [17,34] suggests that asymmetric differences between measurements of the left and right foot may be forensically significant.…”

“…Footprints were scanned at 1200dpi and saved as TIF files. Burrow[17] recommends that files should be saved in lossless TIF formats as they will remain intact with no loss of data, particularly when they are accessed repeatedly for measurement.All footprint images were digitally measured using GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) software version 2.8.18. This was selected as Reel et al[13] used this software to demonstrate a robust approach for measuring standing and walking footprints, which was shown to be valid and reliable.…”

Determination of Sex from Footprint Dimensions in Contemporary Indian Bengali Population: A Pilot Study

“…Bilateral measurements were also taken but only the left side was used in the analysis according to the principle of "non-dominant" foot. This approach was adopted after reviewing the literature on bilateral asymmetry of feet and issues in selection of feet for barefoot print analysis [5][6][7][8]10]. The following measurements were used in the present study ( Figure- …”

“…Determination of stature [2][3][4][14][15][16] and sex [17][18][19] with the foot or footwear that requires knowledge of the functioning foot" [4]. Pioneering work and extensive research in forensic podiatry has been done by Burrow [5][6][7][8] in the recent past.…”