The Correlative Study Of Carrying Angle And Height Of Body Among Male Population Of Rajasthan
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Carrying angle is defined as the angle formed by the axis of the arm and the forearm when the elbow is completely extended. It varies between sexes, ages, races and could also show changes with various morphological features.
Aim and objectives: To study correlation of degrees of carrying angle and height of body in male sex of RUHS-CMS Students.
Materials & Methods: In this cross sectional study, carrying angle of 246 healthy male students of RUHS-CMS, Jaipur between 17- 35 year of age were evaluated. The correlation between carrying angle and height of participants were also done. Carrying angle (in degree) is measured by a manual goniometer with two drawing axes of the arm and forearm in anatomical position at point of measurement. The axis of arm is defined by the lateral border of the cranial surface of the acromian to the midpoint of the lateral and medial epicondyles of the humerus. Standard deviation, t-tests, P- values and correlations were obtained. A p-value 0.05<P<0.10 was considered suggestive significant and p-value P≤0.001 was considered highly significant.
Observation and Result: In the present cross sectional study, the mean bilateral range of 17, 18, 19 and 20-35 years of age participants were 9.91˚- 12.39˚, 12.77˚-14.66˚, 13.80˚- 13.60˚ and 8.18˚- 8.64˚ respectively. The left side of 18 year of age participant’s angle was greater and on the right side 19 year of age participant’s angle was greater. Bilateral significant difference was observed for the height, right carrying angle (RCA) and left Carrying angle (LCA) (p- value ≤0.05). The mean values of RCA and LCA were almost equal without any significant difference while the 17 and 20-35 years of age group found significant differences.
Conclusion: The use of simple method to measure carrying angle adopted in this study makes the researcher to recommend it to be used in the actual future researches and clinical practice. Also, the values obtained here might be useful in the management of elbow disorders and the significant difference between females and males might be used in forensic medicine as a basis for sex discrimination
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