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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/081398 [Registered on: 27/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Estimating the relation between finger measurement and body height to evaluate identification feature among 385 individuals  
Scientific Title of Study   Estimation of body stature by analyzing the anterior posterior length of index and ring finger in Udupi district population  
Trial Acronym  nil  
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
Nil  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  K Shahana  
Designation  MSc forensic science student  
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College MAHE 
Address  Department Forensic Medicine And Toxicology Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9591121275  
Fax    
Email  shahana.kmcmpl2023@learner.manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Shankar M Bakkanavar 
Designation  Professor  
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College MAHE 
Address  Department Forensic Medicine And Toxicology Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9110240992  
Fax    
Email  shankar.mb@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Shankar M Bakkanavar 
Designation  Professor  
Affiliation  Kasturba Medical College MAHE 
Address  Department Forensic Medicine And Toxicology Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India 
Phone  9110240992  
Fax    
Email  shankar.mb@manipal.edu  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Kasturba Medical College Eshwar nagar Madhav nagar Manipal Karnataka 576104 India  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  K Shahana 
Address  Department of forensic medicine and toxicology Kasturba Medical College Manipal 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
K Shahana  Kasturba Medical College   Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Walk in lab building , 1st floor, room no 1, KMC, Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA 
9591121275

shahana.kmcmpl2023@learner.manipal.edu 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee - 2  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Participants with no deformed fingers  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
Comparator Agent  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1: The individual between the age of 18 to 60 years are included
2: Students and workers from Udupi district population is chosen as participant  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Individuals with bone pathology trauma surgical procedure (amputation) skeletal abnormalities or deformities are excluded  
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The primary outcome of the study is to find relation between stature and finger
measurements
 
1 year ( March 2025 - march 2025 )

 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
In the case of an unknown body stature estimation is important and this can be done by anthropometric measurements of the body parts and finger measurements   1 year ( March 2024 - March 2025 ) 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="385"
Sample Size from India="385" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/03/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="2"
Days="9" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   The study will help to determine relation between stature and finger measurement and it is conducted on 385 participants between the age of 18 to 60 who are students and workers in Udupi district. The stature and finger measurements such as anterior and posterior length of left and right index finger and ring finger will be taken . The data will be calculated using Pearson’s correlation and Spearman’s correlation. 
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