Introduction: The stature is one of the determinant factors to identify a person. We investigated the possibility of predicting stature based on Fingers Length in Iranians. Methods: We studied 195 healthy Iranian students (97 females and 98 males) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The correlation between stature and fingers anthropometric measurements was investigated and equations for...

Introduction: Estimation of stature is one of the most important fields in forensic medicine. Also it is of particular interest to anthropologists and anatomist. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between stature and the length of lower limb and foot to derive a regression formula for estimating the stature. Methods: Three anthropometric measurements Stature, Lower Limb Length (LL...

INTRODUCTION Since research investigating IGF-1 levels in breast milk are few, the goal of this study was to analyze the IGF-1 levels in the breast milk of diabetic mothers as well as in the serum of their newborn babies and to identify what relationship exists between blood serum and IGF-1 milk levels through patient measurement of mothers and their babies. METHODS This case control study wa...

It is a challenge for the designer and user in compromising perfect fit of fashion. This study addresses awareness users development two different methods fitting fashion product. The first one, it an individual anthropometric measurement, whereas second one assisted measurement. Based on Focused Group Discussion (FGD), showed that virtual technology was perceived as something new prospective f...

Abstract Background Body Mass Index is recommended by the World Health Organization for measurement of growth and diagnosis overweight obesity in children. The reliability anthropometric measurements important assessment child due to challenges faced when measuring younger children, including difficulty having remain still during collection. current gold-standard collection children a clinical ...

osteoporosis is a common health concern in both developed and developing countries. in this study the association between anthropometric measures and osteoporosis was investigated in 3630 males and females visiting bmd clinic of shariati hospital, tehran, iran, a teaching hospital and referral center for osteoporosis affiliated to the tehran university of medical sciences. anthropometric measur...

abstract background: measurement of grip strength is important in medical and ergonomy science. this study has two main aims. first, determine the relationship between anthropometric variables and grip strength, tow prioritization of these variables in predicting grip strength. methods: in this applied research , 204 people were participated and their hands were measured by digital caliper (mod...

the human body dimensions are affected by ecological, biological, geographical, racial, sex, and age factors. craniofacial measurements can be considered to be one of the important tools for determination of the morphological characteristics of the head and face. in this study, which was conducted on persian adolescents living in kerman/iran, different forms of head and face were determined for...