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Indian Journal of Anatomy

Volume  9, Issue 2, April-June 2020, Pages 135-137
 

Original Article

Correlation Between Stature and Length of Clavicle in Male Population of Central India

Varsha Pande1, Swapnil Patond2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra 442004, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ija.2320.0022.9220.7

Abstract

Introduction: Anthropology plays an important role in various medicolegal aspects; apart from determination of Age, Sex and Race of individual, stature is also one of the important parameter of identification various civil and criminal cases. Therefore efforts have been made to determine association between stature and length of clavicle if any.

Materials and Methods: The present research was carried out in department of Anatomy JNMC Sawangi (M) Wardha; was conducted on total 50 Male individual of age 17–24. The length was calculated with the help of osteometric callipers for clavicles from anatomical landmarks and stature was calculated in centimetres. 

Conclusion: From present research it was concluded that the length of clavicle and stature reveals positivecorrelation and the linear relationship between the living stature and length of clavicle of each side was carried out in the form of regression equation.


Keywords : Anthropology; Clavicle; Stature; Correlation.
Corresponding Author : Swapnil Patond