scholarly journals Estimation of Stature from Different Anthropometric Measurements of Gorkha Soldiers

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Inderjeet Singh ◽  
Lalhmunlien Robert Varte ◽  
Shweta Rawat
Keyword(s):  
Good Predictor ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Knee Height ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Hand Length ◽  
Age Range

Stature is one of the most important elements in the identification of a person. Many different anthropometric dimensions can be used in the estimation of stature. Establishing the identity of an individual from body fragments has become an important necessity in recent times due to natural and man-made disasters. This study was performed on 226 Gurung soldiers of Gorkha regiment of Indian Army. The studied soldier’s age range was 18 years - 48 years. Six anthropometric measurements (Stature, Hand length, Arm length, Standing knee height, Foot length and Leg length) were measured and stature is estimated with the help of these measurements.There was no significant difference between actual and estimated stature. All anthropometric measurements were highly correlated with stature at significance level p< 0.001 but leg length had better correlation (r=0.816) compared to other variables. Staturecan be estimated with the help of standing knee height (r=0.686, p<0.001) and arm length (r=0.653, p<0.001). It can be concluded that leg length was a very good predictor of stature estimation for the studied population.

scholarly journals Stature Estimation from Hand and Foot Dimensions Reveals a Similar Allometric Relationship in Sudanese Arabs and Somalis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.V. Ramirez Rozzi ◽  
D. Gassimalla ◽  
N. Abdalazeem ◽  
F. Elamin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
The Other ◽  
Regression Coefficients ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Allometric Relationship ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Hand Length ◽  
The Relationship

Population-specific anthropometric standards serve as a guide to forensic practitioners for identification purposes. However, few studies have observed on whether the relationship between stature and body parts differs among populations. Our aim is to first assess the validity of using hand and foot dimensions to estimate stature in two geographically similar but linguistically different populations, Sudanese Arabs and Somalis, and then secondly to assess whether the relationship between hand and foot dimensions and stature differ among these populations. Standard anthropometric measurements were used to assess sexual dimorphism. Regressions were performed to establish the relationship between body parts and stature and were compared among the populations to describe the allometry. Comparisons between regression coefficients reveal that 1) stature has the same relationship with hand and foot lengths in each population and 2) the relationship between stature/ hand length and foot length is the same (isometric) in both populations. These results suggest a close affinity between the two groups. Hand and foot length can be used to estimate the stature of individuals but not to identify sex or differentiate one population from the other.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders Seen in Footballers with Regard to Dominant Foot Preference

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Halil Tanır ◽  
Erkan Çetinkaya
Keyword(s):  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Lower Leg ◽  
Left Knee ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
School Year ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Package Program ◽  
Extremity Injuries ◽  
Age Range

The aim of this study is to evaluate the musculoskeletal disorders observed in footballers with regard to dominant foot preference. The research sample consists of 40 volunteer male footballers with an age range of 14&ndash;18, who are students at Aydın İncirliova Sport High School in the school year of 2018&ndash;2019. &ldquo;Waterloo Handedness Questionnaire Revised&rdquo; developed by Elias et al. (1998) has been used in the study to determine the footballers&rsquo;&rsquo; dominant foot preferences. The questionnaire was translated into Turkish by &Ouml;zsu (2006). Musculoskeletal disorders observed in footballers have been determined by the Turkish version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated into Turkish and made practicable for Turkish users by being tested by Erdinc and et al (2011). The data were evaluated with SPSS 22.0 package program in 95% confidence range and 0.05 significance level. With the statistical analysis done in the study, it has been determined that there has been no statistically significant difference between the footballers in terms of upper extremity injuries (p&gt;0.05). When the injuries seen in lower extremities have been examined, it has been determined that there has been statistically significant difference in terms of injuries seen in left upper leg, left knee and left lower leg (p&lt;0.05). Within the lights of the findings obtained in the study, it has been concluded that the dominant foot preferences of the footballers have not affected the injuries seen in upper extremity but they have affected the injuries seen in some regions of the lower extremity (left upper leg, left knee and left lower leg). In addition to the known preventive precautions to avoid injuries in young footballers, it can also be recommended to strengthen sufficiently not only the dominant foot but also the non-dominant one.

scholarly journals Footprint analysis and prevalence of flatfoot: a study among the children of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-380
Author(s):  
Nairrita Bhattacharjee ◽  
Monali Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Weight Category ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Foot Morphology ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Arch Index

AbstractThe present study envisages the morphological differences in anthropometric measurements on footprints among the preschool children and analyzes its manifestation in the different weight category. This study also focuses on the diagnosis of flatfoot among the studied population. Data has been collected from 160 participants (80 boys and 80 girls) from Bengali Hindu caste population aged 3 to 6 years. Anthropometric measurements included height, weight and body mass index. Other measurements on foot morphology included foot length, foot breadth diagonal, foot breadth horizontal, ball of the foot length, outside ball of the boot length, heel breadth, and toe lengths T1, T2, T3.T4, T5. Staheli’s Plantar Arch Index, Chippaux-Smirak Index and foot angle were calculated. Various statistical tests like t-test, Pearson’s correlation and ANOVA were performed. Among all the variables, foot breadth horizontal showed statistically significant difference between boys and girls (p<0.05). All the footprint dimensions showed a significant (p<0.05) positive correlation with height and weight in both the boys and the girls. However, the Staheli’s Plantar Arch Index showed a significant (p<0.05) negative correlation with height and weight and Chippaux-Smirak Index showed a significant (p<0.05) negative correlation with height only among both the boys and the girls. Significant differences (ANOVA) were found between the foot morphology of children in three different weight categories (underweight, healthy and overweight) except the foot angle, and both indices. The present study evinces that weight affects the foot structure of the children. The prevalence of flatfoot was found to be 57.5% among the children with no significant difference (p<0.05) between the boys and the girls. The results thus provide a podium for intricate studies in the future. Timely prognosis of flatfoot in children can instigate early rectification of flat-footedness.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Stadiometer sebagai Alat Ukur Tinggi Badan dan Tinggi Lutut

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Sulistyawati Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
Linear Growth ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Height Measurement ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Knee Height ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Academic Year

Anthropometric measurement used to describe the conditions of growth and nutritional status. Linear growth is used to determining height with microtoise several requirements for its installment such as upright wall, flat floor and requires precision to ensure the starting point of measurement at 200 cm high, which making measurements with this method difficult to guarantee validity in field. This study aimed to make a height measuring instrument more practical, namely the modifiable stadiometer as a measuring instrument for height which can also be used to measure knee height. Material used aluminum to make the tool lighter, practical, and easy to carry. Validity test of tool was using stadiometer Seca 217. Height measurement was performed on 75 subjects in 7th semester students (academic year of 2015/2016) at Faculty of Public Health, University of Diponegoro Semarang. Data were analyzed by using paired t-test at significance level of 0.05 and obtained p=0.173. It was concluded that there was no significant difference in measurement results between modifiable stadiometer tool (the design results) and stadiometer Seca 217, so it can be used as alternative tool for height measurement.

scholarly journals STATURE PREDICTION OF PUNJAB POPULATION (PAKISTAN) FROM HAND, FOREARM AND FOOT MEASUREMENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Asghar ◽  
M Butt ◽  
A Akbar ◽  
H Azam ◽  
I Zahra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Measurements ◽  
Biological Profile ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Hand Length ◽  
Forearm Length

Anthropometry is a systematic study of body measurements in man. Forensic anthropologist tries best to answer the questions relating to age, origin, height, gender, and race after examination of the body remains. The biological profile of a person such as age, sex, ethnicity, and stature can be determined with the help of anthropometry. Results of the study revealed the normal distribution of data and with tests, statistics are found to be significant at p≤0.05 level of significance for all parameters employed in this study. Males have consistently larger values as compared to the female's forearm length, hand length right/left, hand width right/left, foot length right/ left and foot width right/left. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a significant difference between males' and female's character measurements including hand, forearm, and foot.

Estimation of sex from computed tomography images of skull measurements in an adult Turkish population

2021 ◽  
pp. 028418512110449
Author(s):  
Orhan Meral ◽  
Reyhan Meydan ◽  
Belkıs Betül Toklu ◽  
Ahsen Kaya ◽  
Beytullah Karadayi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Computed Tomography Images ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Skull Measurements ◽  
Age Range

Background Nowadays, data on the anthropometric measurements of populations is needed in many areas, especially forensic and legal. Using various methods, researchers obtain various data such as race, sex, and age, and thus provide identification of the material used. Morphological or metric methods are often used for identification. Purpose To evaluate the usefulness of the results of skull measurements using computed tomography (CT) to determine sex in a Turkish population. Material and Methods We analyzed 300 male and 300 female CT images of Turkish individuals with an age range of 21–50 years. Maximum cranial length, maximum cranial breadth, bimastoid diameter, bizygomatic diameter, and bigonial breadth were measured by CT tomography. All data were subjected to discriminant function analyses for estimating sex. Intra-observer and inter-observer variances of the measurements were examined using intraclass correlation coefficient analysis. Results Discriminant function analysis indicated that there was a significant difference between male and female with 88% accuracy. Discriminant function for estimation of sex was obtained with satisfactory accuracy rates for the parameters used. Conclusion This study confirms that skull measurements show sexual dimorphism in the Turkish population, and also suggests that it may be useful to use CT to assess skull anthropometric measurements.

scholarly journals Effect of cigarette smoking on HDL-C in adolescent

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Lazina Afrin ◽  
Md Rezwanur Rahman ◽  
MN Nazmul Hoque ◽  
Md Rahul Amin
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Bonferroni Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Age Range ◽  
And Control ◽  
Male Subjects

Objective: A case control study was carried out in the Department of Physiology in Dhaka Medical College during the period of January 2005 to December 2005 to evaluate the effect of smoking on serum HDL-C in adolescent male smokers. Method: Total 80 male subjects with age range 12-19 years were included in this study, out of them 60 were case and remaining 20 were age matched healthy nonsmoker control. Cases were divided into three subgroups on the basis of consumption of sticks per week [mild (Group-l) 1-19, moderate (Group-ll) 20 - 59 and heavy [(Group-Ill) 60)]. Serum HDL-C was measured and compared between case and control and among the subgroups of case. Unpaired-t test & Bonferroni test were done to determine the significance level between the groups and among the subgroups respectively. Pearson's correlation test was performed to determine correlation coefficient and level of significance in case regarding serum HDL-C with number of stick consumption. Result: Mean ± SD HDL-C level was 31.72±8.99 mg/dL & 55.60±6.81 mg/dL in case & control respectively. Serum HDL-C was significantly lower (p<0.001) in case than control. Mean ± SD HDL-C level in the subgroups were 33.95±8.77 mg/dl, 31.50±8.22 & 29.70±9.84. But no statistically significant difference was observed among the subgroups. Negative correlation was observed between serum HDL-C with number of stick consumption. Conclusion: From the study it can be concluded that cigarette smoking in adolescent is associated with low level of cardio protective lipoprotein HDL-C and low trend is related with increased consumption of cigarette, which might lead to occurrence of several coronary artery diseases. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jssmc.v1i2.12160 Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Vol.1, No.2, December 2009 p.14-16

scholarly journals Differences between the Anthropometric Measurements of Serbian and Libyan Male Passenger Car Drivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zorica Veljković ◽  
Aleksandar Brkić ◽  
Vesna Spasojevic Brkić ◽  
Milivoj Klarin ◽  
Ahmed Essdai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Leg Length ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Passenger Car ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Sitting Height ◽  
Foot Length ◽  
Anthropometric Characteristics ◽  
First Time

The collection and analysis of anthropometric characteristics for various passenger car user populations is a very important predecessor of the design process. The first aim of this survey is to collect up-to-date anthropometric data for male passenger car drivers in Serbia and to collect those data for the first time in Libya. The second aim of this survey is to compare the collected data and enable further modeling using both univariate and multivariate operators’ models from both samples. Anthropometric measurements on standing height, sitting height, lower leg length, upper leg length, shoulder width, hip breadth, arm length, and foot length were collected for 921 Serbian and 300 Libyan male drivers. Results show that, for Serbian male drivers, a correlation between variables exists in 67.85% cases, while for Libyan male drivers, a correlation between variables exists in 39.28% cases. The comparison of mean values between variables for Serbian and Libyan male drivers showed that, beside shoulder width, all others have significantly higher values for Serbians than for Libyikans. Consequently, there are different interior space dimensions of the vehicle obtained: for Serbian drivers, interior space dimensions amounted to 1500 × 561 × 1230 mm and for Libyan drivers amounted to1400 × 591 × 1155 mm which are useful to passenger car designers in eliminating existing anthropometric inconsistencies.

Detection of Circulating Tissue Factor and Factor VII in a Normal Population

1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (05) ◽  
pp. 772-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sybille Albrecht ◽  
Matthias Kotzsch ◽  
Gabriele Siegert ◽  
Thomas Luther ◽  
Heinz Großmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Factor ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Factor Vii ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
And Gender

SummaryThe plasma tissue factor (TF) concentration was correlated to factor VII concentration (FVIIag) and factor VII activity (FVIIc) in 498 healthy volunteers ranging in age from 17 to 64 years. Immunoassays using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were developed for the determination of TF and FVIIag in plasma. The mAbs and the test systems were characterized. The mean value of the TF concentration was 172 ± 135 pg/ml. TF showed no age- and gender-related differences. For the total population, FVIIc, determined by a clotting test, was 110 ± 15% and the factor VIlag was 0.77 ± 0.19 μg/ml. FVII activity was significantly increased with age, whereas the concentration demonstrated no correlation to age in this population. FVII concentration is highly correlated with the activity as measured by clotting assay using rabbit thromboplastin. The ratio between FVIIc and FVIIag was not age-dependent, but demonstrated a significant difference between men and women. Between TF and FVII we could not detect a correlation.

Effect of a-Week Summer Camp on the Hopelessness and Self-Esteem of the University Students Attending Sport Sciences Faculty

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Korkmaz YİĞİTER ◽  
Hakan TOSUN
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The University

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of participation in a 1-week summer camp on thehopelessness and self-esteem of the university students attending Sport Sciences Faculty. Participants were 36university students assigned to experiment group using a random procedure. Coopersmith Self-esteem and Beck Hopelessness Scales were completed at the beginning and end of the summer camp by designed the university. The obtained data were analysed in the SPSS 18.0 program and the significance level was taken as 0.05. The descriptive statistics, independent simple t test, paired simple t test and Pearson correlation were used for analyse the data in the study. According to the results of the research, no significant difference was observed in the comparison of the hopelessness and self-esteem levels between pre and post-test. In addition, there was a significant difference in the hopelessness level of male and female students but any significant difference was not observed in terms of self-esteem. There was a significant relationship between hopelessness and self-esteem pre and post-test. These result shows that a 1-week summer camp cannot change the hopelessness or self-esteem level. However, as the self-esteem rises, the rate of despair decreases whereas as the despair rises, the selfesteem decreases.

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