Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia

Forensic resources use footprint analysis to obtain vital information during specific crime scene investigations. The examination of bare foot impression is important especially in Asian countries like India and Malaysia where some of the rural population still walk barefooted. Literature review s...

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Main Authors:	T. Nataraja Moorthy, Hairunnisa Mohd Anas Khan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/1/45_02_19.pdf

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spelling	ukm-118242018-07-02T03:52:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/ Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia T. Nataraja Moorthy, Hairunnisa Mohd Anas Khan, Forensic resources use footprint analysis to obtain vital information during specific crime scene investigations. The examination of bare foot impression is important especially in Asian countries like India and Malaysia where some of the rural population still walk barefooted. Literature review shows that countable research work was conducted to estimate body weight from foot outline anthropometry. The researchers cautioned that racial and cultural aspects of foot morphology must be considered while conducting the foot print study. Hence the present study aims to derive population specific equations to estimate body weight from foot outline anthropometry from 200 (100 males, 100 females) consented adult Melanau ethnics of east Malaysia. The collected data were analysed with PASW 20 computer software. There is a positive correlation exists between body weight and foot outline length measurements. Correlation coefficient (R) values are found to be higher in the pooled sample (0.257–0.286) when compared with males (0.158–0.264) and females (0.179–0.247). The regression formulae derived from the pooled sample can be used to estimate body weight from foot outline when the sex of the foot outline remains unknown, as in real crime scenarios. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/1/45_02_19.pdf T. Nataraja Moorthy, and Hairunnisa Mohd Anas Khan, (2016) Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 45 (2). pp. 125-130. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=565&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	Forensic resources use footprint analysis to obtain vital information during specific crime scene investigations. The examination of bare foot impression is important especially in Asian countries like India and Malaysia where some of the rural population still walk barefooted. Literature review shows that countable research work was conducted to estimate body weight from foot outline anthropometry. The researchers cautioned that racial and cultural aspects of foot morphology must be considered while conducting the foot print study. Hence the present study aims to derive population specific equations to estimate body weight from foot outline anthropometry from 200 (100 males, 100 females) consented adult Melanau ethnics of east Malaysia. The collected data were analysed with PASW 20 computer software. There is a positive correlation exists between body weight and foot outline length measurements. Correlation coefficient (R) values are found to be higher in the pooled sample (0.257–0.286) when compared with males (0.158–0.264) and females (0.179–0.247). The regression formulae derived from the pooled sample can be used to estimate body weight from foot outline when the sex of the foot outline remains unknown, as in real crime scenarios.
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author	T. Nataraja Moorthy, Hairunnisa Mohd Anas Khan,
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author_facet	T. Nataraja Moorthy, Hairunnisa Mohd Anas Khan,
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title	Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia
title_short	Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia
title_full	Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia
title_fullStr	Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia
title_sort	estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in melanau population of east malaysia
publisher	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11824/1/45_02_19.pdf
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Estimation of body weight from foot outline length measurements in Melanau population of east Malaysia

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