Estimation of stature is an important step in developing a biological profile for human identification. It may provide a valuable indicator for unknown individual in a population. The aim of this study was to analyses the relationship between stature and lower limb dimensions in the Malaysian population. The sample comprised 100 corpses, which included 69 males and 31 females between age ranges...

INTRODUCTION The foot changes with age from wide and short in neonates to intermediate in teenagers. OBJECTIVE To describe changes in mean length and width of the foot during fast and slow phases of growth between the age of 4 and 18 years in the female and male population. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was done in 9804 girls and 8699 boys aged 4 to 18 years, randomly selected from kinderg...

Investigations into the gait of persons with partial foot amputation (PFA) suggest that the effective foot length can be restored when the prosthesis incorporates a relatively stiff forefoot, restricts dorsiflexion, and includes a mechanism whereby forces caused by loading the toe lever can be comfortably distributed to the leg (e.g., an anterior tibial shell). The purpose of this investigation...

Estimation of stature is an important step in developing a biological profile for human identification. It may provide a valuable indicator for unknown individual in a population. The aim of this study was to analyses the relationship between stature and lower limb dimensions in the Malaysian population. The sample comprised 100 corpses, which included 69 males and 31 females between age ranges...

Introduction Stature reconstruction is important as it provides a forensic anthropological estimate of the height of a person in the living state – playing a vital role in identification of individual. Height estimation by measurement of various long bones has been attempted by several workers with variable degree of success. Each worker has derived his own formula for calculating the stature f...

Objective: Flexed posture students who had hyperkyphosis (HKP) and forward head posture (FHP) due to changes in the spine alignment leads to displacement of the center of pressure and increased postural sways which ultimately disrupts the distribution of foot pressure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the effect of eight weeks of National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and Sha...

Wearing uncomfortable shoes for a long time may cause pains by blisters or corns in the foot. It may lead to weaken ligaments and muscles of lower limbs and feet. The previous researchers claimed that a pain in the foot may be prone to a backache [1]. High school girls feel discomfort in their foot for wearing shoes, especially the heel, toes, or sole, caused by the shape, height of heel, or ba...

background: distraction osteogenesis (ds) is currently an important technique for lengthening shortened bones of the hand and foot. authors report their experience in applying ds for various conditions of the hand and foot using a distractor that the senior author has designed. materials and methods: records of patients who underwent ds for hand and foot conditions in a private clinic were retr...

Human gait is precisely and continuously adapted in order to negotiate obstacles safely and without excessive modulations to lower limb trajectories. To investigate obstacle clearance, unimpaired healthy adult subjects (6 male and 6 female) were videotaped stepping over an obstacle adjusted to IO%, 25%. and 40% of leg length. Lead foot clearance was relatively uninfluenced by obstacle height wh...