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IJSRP, Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2014 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Correlation of Carrying Angle of the Elbow in Full Extension and Hip-Circumference in Adolescents of Nnewi People in Anambra State.
      Chinweife K. C, Ejimofor O. C and Ezejindu D.N.
Abstract: The carrying Angle of the elbow is the measurement of varus-valgus angulation of the arm with the elbow fully supinated. This study was aimed at correlating the relationship between carrying angle, waist circumference and hip circumference and the relationship between that of the males and females carrying angle in adolescent Nnewi people. The carrying angles of 900 Nnewi adolescents were measured, 411 were females and 489 were males. The age range of the subjects was between the ages of 10 to 19 years. The carrying angle was measured on both upper limbs with goniometer. Hip and Waist circumference was measured using butterfly tape in inches. The result of this present study shows that right carrying angle and left carrying angle were significantly higher in females (right 13.82±1.65 and left 12.55± 1.76) than that of the males ( right 12.30±1.88, left 10.99±1.87). The carrying angle also increases with age. The waist-hip ratio of the male (0.82±0.06) is significantly higher than that of the females (0.77±0.06) at the level of 0.05. The right and the left carrying angles correlate significantly with the waist circumference in both gender while the right and left carrying angles correlate significantly with hip circumference in the males but do not correlate significantly in the females.

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Chinweife K. C, Ejimofor O. C and Ezejindu D.N. (2018); Correlation of Carrying Angle of the Elbow in Full Extension and Hip-Circumference in Adolescents of Nnewi People in Anambra State.; Int J Sci Res Publ 4(10) (ISSN: 2250-3153). http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1014.php?rp=P343274
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