Estimation of the length of bones of lower limb from their fragments

ABSTRACT

Data obtained from measurements of six identifiable fractions on 172 bones [102 femora and 70 tibiae] were used in this study, to find out a method for estimation of the length of these bones from their measured fractions. Statistical analysis of die data provided a basis for construction of anequation, which depends on then fragment and its percentile ratio to the total bone length. Also, it was found that the most useful fractions for prediction of the length of the femur and the tibia were the length of the lesser trochanter, and the length of the medial malleolus respectively