Cargando…
A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population
The presence of an isolated limb or limb parts from different individuals presents a major challenge for medicolegal investigators in establishing identification in cases of wars, mass disasters, and criminal assaults because different populations have different sizes and proportions. The measuremen...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25386606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/541408 |
_version_ | 1782342302008606720 |
---|---|
author | Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla |
author_facet | Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla |
author_sort | Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla |
collection | PubMed |
description | The presence of an isolated limb or limb parts from different individuals presents a major challenge for medicolegal investigators in establishing identification in cases of wars, mass disasters, and criminal assaults because different populations have different sizes and proportions. The measurement of lower limb dimensions showed a high success rate in establishing individual identity in terms of sex and stature in various populations. However, there is a paucity of data concerning the correlation within the lower limb parts. This study aims to assess the existence of relationships within lower limb parts and to develop regression formulae to reconstruct limb parts from one another. The tibial length, bimalleolar breadth, foot length, and foot breadth of 376 right-handed Sudanese adults were measured. The results showed that all variables were significantly larger in males than in females. A significant positive correlation (P < 0.001) was found within the lower limb parts. Sex-specific linear equations and multiple regression equations were developed to reconstruct the lower limb parts in the presence of single dimension or multiple dimensions from the same limb. The use of multiple regression equations provided a better reconstruction than simple regression equations. These results are significant in forensics and orthopedic reconstructive surgery. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-4216709 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2014 |
publisher | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-42167092014-11-10 A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The presence of an isolated limb or limb parts from different individuals presents a major challenge for medicolegal investigators in establishing identification in cases of wars, mass disasters, and criminal assaults because different populations have different sizes and proportions. The measurement of lower limb dimensions showed a high success rate in establishing individual identity in terms of sex and stature in various populations. However, there is a paucity of data concerning the correlation within the lower limb parts. This study aims to assess the existence of relationships within lower limb parts and to develop regression formulae to reconstruct limb parts from one another. The tibial length, bimalleolar breadth, foot length, and foot breadth of 376 right-handed Sudanese adults were measured. The results showed that all variables were significantly larger in males than in females. A significant positive correlation (P < 0.001) was found within the lower limb parts. Sex-specific linear equations and multiple regression equations were developed to reconstruct the lower limb parts in the presence of single dimension or multiple dimensions from the same limb. The use of multiple regression equations provided a better reconstruction than simple regression equations. These results are significant in forensics and orthopedic reconstructive surgery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4216709/ /pubmed/25386606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/541408 Text en Copyright © 2014 Altayeb Abdalla Ahmed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ahmed, Altayeb Abdalla A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title | A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title_full | A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title_fullStr | A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title_full_unstemmed | A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title_short | A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population |
title_sort | study of correlations within the dimensions of lower limb parts for personal identification in a sudanese population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25386606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/541408 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT ahmedaltayebabdalla astudyofcorrelationswithinthedimensionsoflowerlimbpartsforpersonalidentificationinasudanesepopulation AT ahmedaltayebabdalla studyofcorrelationswithinthedimensionsoflowerlimbpartsforpersonalidentificationinasudanesepopulation |