International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
2024, Volume-5, Issue-5 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13790243
Original Research Article
A Study of Estimation of Stature from Per-Cutaneous Length of Clavicle among Maharashtrian Population
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Sept. 19, 2024
Abstract

Introduction: Identification of an individual whether living or dead is one of the most crucial tasks in medico-legal practice. Determination of stature is quite easy when complete body is recovered, but it will become difficult task for forensic experts when there are only few body parts or fragments. Clavicle is one of the long bones of the body. Many studies have been done in estimation of age and sex from clavicle but only fewer studies have been conducted in relation to estimation of stature from clavicle from this population. Objective: To estimate the stature of individual from maximum length of clavicle. Methods: Cross sectional analytical study was conducted in Department of Forensic Medicine in Medical College during October 2023 to November 2023. Study population included 181 medical students in the age group of 22-25 years, from rural Government Medical College, Maharashtra. Results: Correlation co-efficient for both right and left clavicles in female for stature were 0.307 and 0.301 respectively and for males, 0.372 and 0.362 respectively. The differences observed in height and length of clavicle between males and females were statistically significant (p<0.05), mean values of length of both right and left clavicle and height being higher in males than in females. It was observed that, there was no significant difference between measured height and height estimated from length of clavicle by using regression equation in both male and female participants. Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between stature and length of clavicle in male and female study participants. Thus, clavicle can be used for estimation of stature.

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