DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i02.075

Pages: 848-852

Stature reconstruction is important as it provides a forensic anthropological estimate of the height of a person in the living state, playing a vital role in identification of individuals from grossly mutilated skeletal remains especially in mass disasters. In the present study an attempt has been made to estimate the height of an individual from the percutaneous tibial length (PCTL) as measured by the surface anatomical landmarks that is between the most prominent palpable part of medial condyle of tibia and tip of medial malleolus with the help of spreading vernier calipers. The study was done on 150 males’ students in the age group of 18 to 24 years from Kanpur city after taking permission from Institional ethical committee. The data was tabulated and analysed statistically. A positive correlation was found between the length of tibia and the estimated height. A linear regression formula was derived for the estimation of height from the length of right or left side tibia.