Estimation of the Length of Femur from its Proximal Fragments

Skeletal remains are often presented for forensic evaluation. Time and again they are in fragments which make it difficult for the forensic investigator to derive parameters of biological and medico legal significance. Thus forensic anthropologists have been trying to develop techniques that will en...

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Published inMedico-legal update Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 183 - 188
Main Authors Thejaswi, H T, Murari, Atul, Kumar, Adarsh, Krishna, Karthik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dr. R.K. Sharma 01.01.2014
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Anthropometry
Fragmentary Femur
Maximum Femur Length
Regression Equations
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Summary:Skeletal remains are often presented for forensic evaluation. Time and again they are in fragments which make it difficult for the forensic investigator to derive parameters of biological and medico legal significance. Thus forensic anthropologists have been trying to develop techniques that will enable them to overcome these problems. Earlier methods notably by McKern and Steel were not successful when it was put to actual practice. This was because the ambiguous nature of some of the crucial anatomical landmarks. To overcome these, Simmons et al came up with a new approach. We adopted this technique to estimate length of femur from its proximal fragments by analyzing 128 adult intact femora. The regression formulae thus obtained can be used while analyzing skeletal remains from North Indian population.
ISSN:0971-720X
0974-1283
DOI:10.5958/j.0974-1283.14.1.043