Estimativa da estatura de adultos humanos a partir de medidas antropométricas das mãos

Abstract

Introduction: Human identification is a highly complex activity, and forensic medicine uses anthropometry as a useful tool in identifying an individual. Estimating or predicting stature, using for this purpose fragments of the body or components of the human skeleton, originates from the idea of proportionality between the various parts of the body. Objective: To estimate 27 the height from the anthropometric measurements of the hands (length and width). Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 300 individuals, 150 males and 150 females, in good health, aged between 18 and 85 years, living in the town of Mussuca-SE, in the Brazilian northeast . Data analysis was performed through the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program, thus designing the statistical study. Conclusion: Measurements of hand length and width correlate with height, and hand length showed the most significant correlation in both sexes. In the multiple linear regression models, the variable that showed the greatest accuracy in the prediction of height was the hand length, being found in the female regression model a greater precision of the prediction in the body height.