Hand parameters of adult Libyans

ABSTRACT

The hand measurements were carried out on both hands and all fingers of each volunteer to perform a standard for the Libyan population. Hand print impressions of 200 adult Libyan voluteers [100 males and 100 females] were taken. They are right handed. They live in the city of Tripoli. They are students a Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University. Their ages were from 18-20 years old. They have good health and free of any chronic debilitating disease. The parameters studied were maximum length and breadth of both hands and for each finger of both hands. Hand Index [maximum hand width / hand length X 100] and finger Index [maximum finger width /finger length X 100] for each finger were estimated. The data were analyzed using different histograms. The data show the presence of bisexual highly significant differences and bilateral non-significant differences of almost all hand and finger parameters. Also, these data are different from that found before in other populations. Variations in hand measurements may be attributed to several factors like genetic, racial, geographical, climatic and nutritional. This work is the first study done on Libyans and was presented, discussed and accepted at the First International Congress of Medical Science, Towards Advanced Medical Horizons. Al-Baida, Libya, 23-25/04/2010, pp 84