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Anthropometric Measurements Versus Radiologic Parameters of Hand Bones for Sex Identification

NCT07073560 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-07-18

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Summary

Forensic anthropometry is the traditional and basic tool of forensic anthropology. It's the science of obtaining systemic measurements of the physical dimensions of the human body. This, in turn, is a very important parameter in personal identification.

Different anthropometric techniques are employed to determine sex from such fragmented body parts. Such anthropometric techniques aim to find cutoff points in the measurement of various body parts or bones that discriminate between males and females. Due to the effect of sex hormones, males are taller, larger and more strongly built than females, so measurements greater than the cutoff point are suggestive of a male and less than that are suggestive of a female.

Conditions

  • Sex Determination

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Anthropometric Measurements

1. Assessment of the accuracy of sex determination from hand indexes using anthropometric hand measurements. 2. Assessment of the accuracy of sex determination from the length of the metacarpals using x-ray radiographs on the same hand. 3. Determination of the best and least costly method for sex identification by comparing the effectiveness of the previous two methods.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aswan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Randa Hussein Abdel Hady Mohamed, Professor · forensic medicine and clinical toxicology, Assuit Faculty of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-04-01
Completion
2026-04-10

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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