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Determination of Stature from forearm length in medical Students
Running title: Stature from forearm length of medical Students
Authors: Shadan Navid1, Tahmineh Mokhtari1, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh*2
1. Ph.D. student, Department of Anatomy, Medical school, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Professor, Department of Anatomy, Medical school, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding author:
Gholamreza Hassanzadeh, PhD, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Tel: +98-21-88953008.Fax: +98 -21-66419072, E-mail: hassanzadeh@tums.ac.ir
Conflict of Interest:
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
Abstract
Introduction: stature is important for skeletal remains identification in unknown individuals. Body segments can be used for prediction of stature. In the present study, anthropometric relationships between forearm length and stature were evaluated between medical students.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was investigated on 100 medical students (50 males and 50 females and aged 19-25) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Participants were chosen randomly and they did not have any deformities or any previous history of disease. Measurements were performed in an anatomical position.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the length of forearm and stature (P=0.0001). According to the results, the length of the forearm in the population was 26.63 ± 2.89 cm and the length of males forearm 28.42 ±1.73 cm was longer than the length of females forearm 24.84 ± 20.72 cm .The correlation between the stature and forearm height was significant in the population (r = 0.638, P=0.0001), and in addition in males (r = 0.427, P=0.002). However, that was not significant in the females (r= 0.14, P=0.325).
Conclusion: The results showed that there was a reliable relationship between the length of forearm and stature between medical students and this relation was reliable in the males, too.
Keywords: Anthropometry, forearm, body segment, stature
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