Identifikasi tinggi badan melalui pengukuran panjang lengan bawah
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https://doi.org/10.35790/ecl.v4i1.12114Abstract
Abstract: Forensic identification is the effort aimed to determine a person's identity post mortem. Height is needed in the identification process. There are formulas that that can be used in determining the height by measuring the length of certain bones. This study aimed to determine whether there was a significant relationship between height and length of forearm which is still wrapped by muscles and skin. This was a quantitative analytical study. Respondents were 50 alive individuals consisted of males and females who lived in Manado. The Pearson Correlation test showed a significant relationship between height and length of the forearm with a value of r=0.897. The more the length of the forearm, the more the height.
Keywords: height, forearm length
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Abstrak: Identifikasi forensik merupakan upaya yang dilakukan dengan tujuan membantu penyidik menentukan identitas seseorang untuk kepentingan visum et repertum (VeR). Tinggi badan merupakan salah satu hal yang dibutuhkan dalam proses identifikasi. Terdapat formula/rumus yang dikemukakan beberapa ahli untuk menentukan tinggi badan melalui pengukuran panjang beberapa tulang tertentu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya hubungan yang bermakna antara tinggi badan dengan panjang lengan bawah yang masih terbungkus oleh jaringan otot dan kulit dalam keadaan utuh. jenis penelitian ini kuantitatif analitik yang dilakukan terhadap laki-laki dan perempuan yang masih hidup khususnya yang ada di Manado. Jumlah keseluruhan responden sebanyak 50 orang. Hasil uji Pearson correlation memperlihatkan adanya hubungan bermakna antara tinggi badan dan panjang lengan bawah, dengan nilai r = 0,897. Semakin bertambahnya panjang lengan bawah, akan diikuti dengan semakin bertambahnya tinggi badan.
Kata kunci: tinggi badan, panjang lengan bawah
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