Chulakhov V N, Mashin N K, Maksimov N V
Department of Technical Criminalistic Support of Expert Investigations, V.Ya. Kikot' Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117437.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanashsky Inter-Regional Medical Centre, Ministry of Health of Chuvash Republic, Kanash, Russia, 429330.
Sud Med Ekspert. 2018;61(3):27-30. doi: 10.17116/sudmed2018613-30.
The objective of the present study was to clarify the relationship between the foot length and the height (body length) in the human subjects for the development of the rationale for the use of this characteristic for the estimation of the probable height of the newborn infants and adults. A total 1293 newborn babies (654 boys and 639 girls) were available for the examination. In addition, a mixed population of 12,141 men and 8213 women at the age ranging from 18 to 60 years and representing 49 ethnic groups were included in the study. We measured the height and the foot length in all the participants of the study and calculated the coefficients of correlation between these parameters. The same aspects of the anthropometric relationship between the height and the foot length were subjected to the analysis. It was shown that all the main characteristics of such dependence revealed in the adults are inherent in the newborn infant too; moreover, they are especially pronounced at birth. The differences were documented only between the relative values of the height to the foot length ratio. It is concluded that such qualitative differences can be accounted for by the fact that soon after the birth of a human being his (her) individual personality traits together with the age and gender as well as other subjective and objective factors begin to influence the above relationship. The coincidence of the height to the foot length ratios in the newborn infants and the adult subjects give evidence that such relationship is intrinsic in the anatomical structure of the human body. Therefore, it can be safely used for determining the height (body length) from the foot length for the purpose of forensic medical and criminalistic expertise.
本研究的目的是阐明人类受试者足长与身高（体长）之间的关系，以便为利用这一特征估算新生儿和成年人的可能身高提供理论依据。共有1293名新生儿（654名男婴和639名女婴）接受了检查。此外，研究还纳入了12141名男性和8213名女性组成的混合群体，年龄在18至60岁之间，代表49个民族。我们测量了研究中所有参与者的身高和足长，并计算了这些参数之间的相关系数。对身高与足长之间人体测量关系的相同方面进行了分析。结果表明，在成年人中发现的这种依赖性的所有主要特征在新生儿中也存在；此外，它们在出生时尤其明显。仅记录了身高与足长比值的相对值之间的差异。结论是，这种定性差异可以解释为，人类出生后不久，其个人性格特征连同年龄、性别以及其他主观和客观因素开始影响上述关系。新生儿和成年受试者身高与足长比值的一致性证明，这种关系在人体解剖结构中是固有的。因此，在法医和刑事鉴定中，它可以安全地用于根据足长确定身高（体长）。
