Forensic Medicine of the Lower Extremity (Forensic Science and Medicine)


The lower extremity is a tremendously variable anatomic region that
can be used to establish individual identity, or, if damaged, can be
used to reconstruct antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem trauma. In
Forensic Medicine of the Lower Extremity: Human Identification and
Trauma Analysis of the Thigh, Leg, and Foot, leading forensic
authorities rigorously review both the scientific and practical aspects
of human identification, trauma analysis, and biomechanics of lower
extremity as encountered in decomposed or dismembered individuals, mass
casualty situations, and human rights abuse investigations. On the
scientific side, the authors describe the biochemical events of
decomposition, detail the use of radiology to facilitate identification
and evaluate trauma, and explain principles of osteology, with an
emphasis on the implications for skeletal anatomy for age, sex, race,
and height estimation. On the practical side, they apply these
approaches to trauma analysis and accident reconstruction, including
slip-and-fall incidents, impact, traffic, and pediatric injuries, and
considerations of foot and footprint identification. Specific case
studies discuss the identification process using the foot and ankle and
illuminate the forensic potential of feet, footwear, and barefoot
impression evidence.
Authoritative and copiously illustrated, Forensic Medicine of the
Lower Extremity: Human Identification and Trauma Analysis of the Thigh,
Leg, and Foot comprehensively reviews the basic process of forensic
identification, trauma investigation, and accident reconstruction of the
lower extremity

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