Abstract
The Galle Medical Journal is published by the Galle Medical Association. The journal is published quarterly in March, June, September and December each year. The submissions are accepted throughout the year. The aims of the Journal are to foster co-operation among the medical fraternity and to be a forum to make literary contributions, share experiences encountered in medical practice, update their knowledge and have debates on topics related to all aspects of medicine.
Highlights
A positive correlation between height and hand length was observed in both sexes and it was statistically significant
The regression formula derived in this study will be useful for anatomists, archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic scientists
Dimensional relationship between body segments and the whole body has been the focus of scientists, anatomists and anthropologists for many years
Summary
Estimation of stature from incomplete skeletal and decomposing human remains is important in personal identification. Prediction of stature has been achieved from measurements of various long bones with varying degrees of accuracy. All such calculations depend on the fact that limbs exhibit consistent ratios relative to the total height of a person and these ratios are linked to age, sex and race. In growth and development the use is made of the relationships between body segments in the assessment of normal growth as well as in specific syndromes[3,4]. Galle Medical Journal, Vol 14: No 1, September 2009 proportions and the dimensions of various body segments, including the long bones of the limbs and the bones of the hand and foot have been used to estimate stature. The long bones of the limbs, have been the most widely studied[5,6]
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