Goniometry of Elbow Carrying angle: A Cross Sectional Study in Sohag University Students

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Anatomy and Embryology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

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Background:  Carrying angle is an acute angle formed medially at the elbow when the upper limb is in its anatomical position by the long axes of the humerus and ulna. Generally speaking, it is higher in girls than in males. When predicting a person's sex and race, forensic specialists and anthropologists can utilize carrying angle knowledge. Orthopedicians can use carrying angle knowledge to treat a variety of elbow diseases, and biomechanical engineers can use carrying angle knowledge to create elbow replacement prosthesis's.
Objectives: our work aimed to compare average values of the carrying angle of both sexes in Sohag university students.
Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was done among healthy 270 young adult participants (146 males and124 females) with mean age in Sohag university students (average age = 19.8 ±1.4). Goniometer was used to measure carrying angle and statistics was done for data.
Results: The mean Carrying angle for right side was 12.7° ±3.4° in males and 13.9° ± 2.2° in females. The mean left Carrying angle was found to be 11.8°±3.7° in males and 13.6°±2.2° in females. The mean Carrying angle for both sides were found to be greater in females than in males and this was highly significant statistically (p<0.000). In males, a significant difference was found between Rt angle and Lt with p value < 0.039 while in females, a non-significant difference was found between both sides with p value < 0.22.
Conclusion: Carrying angle was significantly higher in females as compared to males. In males there was significant increase in the Rt angle in comparison to the Lt while in females there was non-significant difference between Rt and Lt angles.

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SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 7, Issue 2
July 2024
Pages 121-127

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