study on the correlation between the stride length and body height

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out in an attempt to establish the correlation between the stride length and body height and to find out a simple technique for estimation of the body stature from the stride length of an individual in a normal walk. Such procedure could help physically anthropologists to enable estimation of the suspected body height of unknown individual through measuring the stride length from the foot prints that were found almost at every crime scene. The study included 144 adult male and 48 female individuals from Assiut medical students, their ages ranged between 19 and 21 years. Stature and stride length with and without shoes of each individual were measured and data were statistically analyzed. The results showed that there was no significant differences between right and left stride length. The results revealed also the presence of significant difference between foot stride length and shoe stride length. The study proved also a positive linear correlation between stature and stride length. The multiplication factors, conventional and revised were also derived to calculate the estimated stature from the measured stride length