AN ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY ON THE COMPONENT BONES IN EGYPTIAN'S MALE AND FEMALE FOOT

Authors

Ibrahim Shaaban, Anatomy Department, Faculty of medicine, Mansoura University

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

The distinctive morphology of hu­man foot depends largely on its com­ponents of bones. Measurements of these bones are the most important factors in determining the corre­sponding foot morphology. These measurements vary according to the age, sex, genetic background and race (Tanner, 1976; Naeye and Tafari, 1983; AI-Hazzaa, 1990; Evel-eth and Tanner, 1990; Kennedy, 2000) 28,19,1,7,12. Literature about the anthropomet-ric parameters of bones of Egyptian's foot are few (Butler et al., 1986; Marz-ke, 1997; Chiari et al., 2002)4-16-6. Thus it was decided to provide an an-thropometric measurements for the bones of the Egyptian foot. A compar­ison between the measurements of the bones of the male and female feet were put forward. This study may provide a helpful data for forensic diagnosis, anthropol-gists as well as evaluation of defor­mity cases of the feet. MATERIAL AND METHODS The feet of normal and healthy 15 males and 15 females aged 30-40 years old, from Mansoura University Hospitals were used in this study. The feet with pathological or congeni­tal disorders were excluded. For each foot, the following was performed: a. Drawing the foot for its morphology (Fig.1). b. Taking the following measure­ments: (Fig. 1) 1) Medial border of the foot, from the tip of the big toe to the me­dial end of the heel (line 1).

Recommended Citation

Shaaban, Ibrahim (2006) "AN ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY ON THE COMPONENT BONES IN EGYPTIAN'S MALE AND FEMALE FOOT," Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 35 : Iss. 1 , Article 11.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.2006.128748

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