Reconstruction of Body Height Using Right Hand-Palm Length and Middle Finger Length among Sangli District Population

Abstract

Estimation of stature is significant and unique feature in personal identification in events of natural disasters, murders, accidents. With increasing frequency of mass disasters like floods in Sangali district, therefore these methods will be more helpful and useful for identification of individual. To finds out the correlation between right hand – length of palm and middle finger with body height (stature). The cross sectional study was with 100 subjects in the age group of 18-20 years native of Sangali district. The study was conducted after taking institutional ethical clearance. This study shows the positive significant correlation is found between the right-hand palm lengths, right hand middle finger with body height. But the middle digit finger is strongly positive than palm length. Keywords: Estimation of stature, Reconstruction of Body Height, Right Hand-Palm Length, Middle Finger Length, Sangli District.