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Can Partial Foot Prostheses Effectively Restore Foot Length? [PDF]

Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 2006
Our understanding of how partial foot prostheses function stems from static force analyses, where assumptions about the location of the ground reaction force during terminal stance have been made. While such assumptions seemed reasonably based on an understanding of normal gait, they are often illogical based on what is observed clinically.
Dillon, Michael., Barker, Timothy M.
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Foot length, an accurate predictor of nasotracheal tube length in neonates [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2001
BACKGROUND Existing guidelines for optimal positioning of endotracheal tubes in neonates are based on scanty data and relate to measurements that are either non-linear or poorly reproducible in sick infants. Foot length can be measured simply and rapidly and is related to a number of external body measurements.
Embleton ND, Deshpande SA, Scott D, Wright C, Milligan DWA   +4 more
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STUDIES ON THE ESTIMATION OF STATURE FROM THIGH LENGTH, LEG LENGTH, FOOT LENGTH AND FOOT BREADTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL

, 2023
Abstract Background: Studies on the estimation of stature from Thigh length, Leg length, Foot length and Foot breadth of an individual are essential study in personal identification. Aim and Objectives: This study is to find out correlation between statures with lower limb dimensions in both sexes and gender comparison from an individual in Afe ...
Enye L. A, Saka O. S, Chukwu C. B, Ogunsanya S. T, Saka A. A, Oluwabusola A. E   +5 more
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THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF SOME LOWER LIMB PARAMETERS IN STATURE ESTIMATION [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology
BACKGROUND: Establishing a person’s identity is known as personal identification. In both man-made and natural disasters, personal identification becomes necessary. Forensic anthropology is a subfield of physical anthropology that collaborates with other
Maha Elnady, naira girgis, Amira Elseidy, shaimaa Hassanein, shireen slima   +4 more
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Fetal Foot Length and Femur/ Foot Length Ratio: Significance in Nepalese Context

Nepalese Journal of Radiology, 2012
Aim: 1. To assess relationship between fetal foot length and gestation age and develop a nomogram. 2. To assess relationship between fetal foot length and femur length. Meterials and Method: Cross sectional study. Fetal foot length was taken from the skin edge overlying calcaneus to the distal end of the longest toe on either plantar or the sagittal ...
NC Shrestha, S Tamrakar, S Karki, SB Marahatta, KS Joshi   +4 more
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Estimation of Stature From Hand and Foot Measurements in a Rare Tribe of Kerala State in India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: The present study has been undertaken on the Vettuvar group of tribes in Kasargod district of Kerala state, and explores the usability of dimensions of hands and feet as predictors of stature in the tribal population of Kasargod District
GN Geetha, Swathi, Sunita Arvind Athavale   +2 more
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Prediksi Tinggi Badan Ditentukan dari Panjang Rentang Lengan dan Panjang Telapak Kaki Pada Mongoloid Feminina Khususnya Etnis Jawa

Qanun Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya, 2018
Background: There are various circumstances where measurements are not actually possible, replacement parameters can be used to estimate body height. Many characteristics of body height measurement and how to measure it.
Nur Mujaddidah Mochtar
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Standing Height and its Estimation Utilizing Arm Spam and Foot Length Measurements in Dinaric Alps Population: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Sport Mont, 2018
Several researches have reported the benefi ts of using various body parameters in predicting standing height, and arm span happened to be one of the most reliable ones in adults, while foot length measurement is the most reliable predictor during ...
Bojan Masanovic
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Index/Ring Finger Ratio, Hand and Foot Index: Gender Estimation Tools [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Gender estimation from dismembered human body parts and skeletal remains in cases of mass disasters, explosions, and assaults cases is an imperative element of any medico-legal investigations and has been a major challenge for forensic ...
Sonia Gupta, Vineeta Gupta, Nutan Tyagi, Ettishree, Sinthia Bhagat, Mohit Dadu, Nishita Anthwal, Tahira Ashraf   +7 more
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Development of disease-specific growth charts for Argentine Prader-Willi syndrome without growth hormone treatment

Annals of Human Biology
Background Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder characterised by infantile hypotonia, early-onset obesity, intellectual disability, hypopigmentation, small hands and feet, short stature, hypogonadism, and distinctive facial features ...
Silvia Caino, Carolina Caminiti, Rocio Rabosto Moleón, Gabriela Krochik, Mariana del Pino   +4 more
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