Abstract
Percutaneous anthropometry of body dimensions is increasingly being adopted in forensic anthropology, child and adolescent growth and nutritional assessment, ergonomics, garment and other related studies. The scientific literature on the normal adolescent foot anthropometry in West Africa is sparse.
Highlights
The patterns of sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry in foot morphology and anthropometry in adult Nigerians have been highlighted and elaborated in [1,2,3] reviewed current metric approaches to predictive regression in their report on the pattern of variation in foot anthropometry and their correlation with stature in young adult Nigerians while [4] attempted to predict sex from foot anthropometry using the discriminant function analysis model in Nigerian adults
A total of 523 made up of 263 females and 260 males participated in the study and all were considered in the data analysis
The mean right foot length across all age groups in the female ranges from 21.07±2.6cm to 24.63±2.85 cm while in the male the figures range from 22.84±2.68 cm to 26.30±2.5 cm
Summary
The patterns of sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry in foot morphology and anthropometry in adult Nigerians have been highlighted and elaborated in [1,2,3] reviewed current metric approaches to predictive regression in their report on the pattern of variation in foot anthropometry and their correlation with stature in young adult Nigerians while [4] attempted to predict sex from foot anthropometry using the discriminant function analysis model in Nigerian adults. The garment industry, through its drive for better understanding of shoe-fitting and sizing accounts for a significant portion of research documentation [15,16,17], while a growing interest in the correlation of foot dimensions with athletic performance has increased demand for original data from many regions [18,19,20,21,22]. Increased demand for local or regional foot anthropometric data arises from their wider applications for sexual dimorphism and stature determination of personal identification of individuals in forensic anthropology. In a review of scholarly research from across the globe, [3] observed that in adults, foot length and breadth measurement predicted stature in a rather robust manner. This study assessed anthropometric variability in selected foot dimensions of adolescent Nigerian school children in Lagos, South-West Nigeria
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