National Institute of Legal Medicine-Centre Branch, Largo da Sé Nova, 3000-213 Coimbra, Portugal.
Forensic Sci Int. 2009 Dec 15;193(1-3):131.e1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.017. Epub 2009 Oct 24.
Stature can be considered one of the "big four" parameters to be ascertained within the biological profile in cases of forensic anthropology. However, the most reliable available methods for stature estimation require the preservation of the long bones, but since this is very often not the case, the development of alternative methods, based on distinct bones, is mandatory. Therefore, in the present work the reliability of the first two metatarsal bones in reconstructing stature is tested. The data consist of length measurements taken from the first two metatarsals removed from documented cadavers of known stature. The sample for this study consists of 220 metatarsals, namely 110 first metatarsals and 110 second metatarsals collected during the autopsies carried out in the National Institute of Legal Medicine in Portugal. The aim was to propose regression equations for the Portuguese population and test the formulae proposed by other authors to determine adult stature using metatarsal bones. We found that when estimating stature from measurement of the metatarsals, the best correlation was that obtained from the relationship with the maximum length of the 2nd metatarsal. The corresponding regression equation is as follows: S=790.041+11.689M2.
身高可被视为法医学中生物特征分析的“四大参数”之一。然而，最可靠的身高估计方法需要保存长骨，但由于这种情况并不常见，因此必须开发基于不同骨骼的替代方法。因此，本工作旨在测试前两个跖骨在重建身高方面的可靠性。这些数据来自于从已知身高的尸体上取下的第一和第二跖骨的长度测量值。本研究的样本包括 220 个跖骨，即 110 个第一跖骨和 110 个第二跖骨，这些跖骨是在葡萄牙国家法医研究所进行尸检时收集的。目的是为葡萄牙人群提出回归方程，并检验其他作者提出的使用跖骨确定成年人身高的公式。我们发现，在用跖骨测量估计身高时，与第二跖骨最大长度的关系所获得的相关性最好。相应的回归方程如下：S=790.041+11.689M2。
