Estimation of Body Height by Measuring Foot Dimensions: A Survey on Iranian Adult People

Siamak Soltani,Abdolkarimi Abdolkarimi,Leila Leila,Alireza Zadmehr,Kamran Aghakani,Shahrokh Mehrpisheh,Azadeh Memarian,Farrokh Taftachi

doi:10.21767/2471-9641.100021

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https://doi.org/10.21767/2471-9641.100021

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Abstract Background: The estimation of body height by measuring foot dimensions can be very important in especial conditions such as forensic medical issues. In the current study, an effort was made to assess the relationship between height and foot bone parameters in a sample of Iranian adult people. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 healthy medical people (125 male and 125 female) aged 18 to 59 years. Foot parameters including foot length, foot width and size of the toes in both right and left legs were measured by a single measuring tool. Body height of the subjects was also measured in standing erect anatomical position by stadiometer. Results: A strong correlation was found between the length of right foot and body height (r=0.999, p<0.001) as well as between the length of left foot and body height (r=0.996, p<0.001). An adverse association was indicated between body height and the length of the first (r=-0.180, p=0.004) and second (r=-0.155, p=0.014) toes on the right foot. Also, a similar adverse correlation was found between height and the length of the first toe on the left foot (r=-0.186, p=0.003). A Positive relation between height and foot length was significant in both sex, but direct association between foot width and height was significant only in women not in men. The association was significant between height and first toes only in men. Conclusion: By measuring foot length, foot width (in women) and length of the first toe (in men), the estimation of body height can be possible

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Growth as a natural process is assessed by measuring parameters from the birthday such as lengthening and thickening of bones as well as other body landmarks making total body stature
The application of foot bones indices can be more valuable because maturation and ossification of these small bones occur earlier than the long bones and body height can be predicted earlier by measuring foot parameters than by measuring long bones indices [7]
An effort was made to assess the relationship between height and foot bone parameters in a sample of Iranian people

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Growth as a natural process is assessed by measuring parameters from the birthday such as lengthening and thickening of bones as well as other body landmarks making total body stature. Discovering significant relationship between body height and the length of other bones has been considered for many years leading presentation of some physical formula to estimate height by measuring long bones [2, 3]. This estimation can be very important in especial conditions such as forensic medical issues [4, 5]. Rutishauser et al [6] could find foot length as a reliable predicting factor for estimation of body height. An effort was made to assess the relationship between height and foot bone parameters in a sample of Iranian people

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