Estimation of human stature by measurements of foot: Estimation of human stature by measurements of foot

Preeti Agarwal; Archana Singh; Rakesh Gupta

Authors

Preeti Agarwal Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Varun Arjun Medical College & Rohilkhand Hospital, Banthra, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Archana Singh Assistant Professor, Dept of Anatomy, Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Rakesh Gupta Professor & HOD, Dept. of Anatomy, Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Stature, Foot length, Food breadth

Abstract

Introduction: Stature is the height of the person in upright posture. It is an important physical identity. Assessing the height of an individual, from measurements of different parts, has always been of immense interest to the anatomists, anthropologists and forensic medicine experts.

Material and Methods: This cross sectional analytic study was carried out on 196 medical student of first year MBBS of two medical colleges of Uttar Pradesh,of age group of 18-23years having no foot deformity, spinal or bony injuries or surgeries. Following parameters were recorded: age, residence, gender, weight, height, foot length and foot breadth. The obtained data was statistically analyzed; Correlation coefficient has been calculated and Regression equations for estimation of height from foot length and foot breadth were derived.

Results: The mean age (year) was 19.76+1.95, Stature (cm) mean of male and female was 164.90+14.50, weight (kg) was 65.13+12.80, Left Foot Breadth (cm) was 10.1+0.72, Right Foot Breadth (cm) was 10.30+0.72, Left Foot length (cm) was 25.68+1.66 and Right Foot length (cm) was 25.62+1.58. Males having significantly higher values than females. Correlation by comparing the Pearson correlation coefficient, foot length(FL) showed the highest relationship in males (FLR:r = 0.188, FLL: r=0.194) and females (FLR: r = 0.698, FLL: r=0.703). Regression for women, prediction accuracy was the highest when the regression equation involved foot length.

Conclusion: It is concluded that males have greater mean value of stature as compared to that of females. It was also observed that there is direct relationship between foot length and foot breadth with the stature in both sexes

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Estimation of human stature by measurements of foot