Sex Determination Based on Measurements of Hand That Are Devoid of Ridge Patterns of Skin

Alagu Rathi Bharathi; Karthik Ganesh Mohanraj; M.Sivakumar

doi:10.47750/jptcp.2023.30.06.008

Alagu Rathi Bharathi

Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai.

Karthik Ganesh Mohanraj

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai.

M.Sivakumar

Assistant Professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University.

Keywords

Anthropometry; Sex determination; hand outlines; dermatoglyphics; forensic investigation

Abstract

Personal identification is the process of individualizing a person. Among the various parameters of identification of a personal identification sex determinaton is the most important and one of the foremost criteria in establishing the identity of an invidual. Forensic anthropologists routinely work with skeletonised and badly decomposed bodies and collect osteometric data which is very straight forward and stature estimation from various parameters. Such as hand outlines and determination of sex. The handprints of adult subjects were using metrics that are usually not measured on the human body such as the length of the hand without distal phalanx of the third finger, the length of the hand from the centre of the palm and diagonal width of the palm. The aim of the study is to determine the sex based on measurements of hand that are devoid of dermatoglyphic features. The data collected were cross verified by another examiner. The anthropometric measurements were measured with the help of the standard anthropometric instrument sliding caliper. From the present research it can be concluded that the hand dimensions can be successfully applied to determine sex. Among the hand width was identified as the more reliable predictor of sex.

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Apr 11, 2023

DOI https://doi.org/10.47750/jptcp.2023.30.06.008

How to Cite

Alagu Rathi Bharathi, Karthik Ganesh Mohanraj, & M.Sivakumar. (2023). Sex Determination Based on Measurements of Hand That Are Devoid of Ridge Patterns of Skin. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 30(6), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.47750/jptcp.2023.30.06.008