Anthropometric characterisation of elbow angles and lines among Indian children

• Main Authors: Bhanu Awasthi, Sunil Kumar Raina, Narvir Chauhan, Manik Sehgal, Vipin Sharma, Lokesh Thakur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Advances in Human Biology
• Subjects: Angles; anthropometric; characterisation; elbow; lines
• Online Access: http://www.aihbonline.com/article.asp?issn=2321-8568;year=2017;volume=7;issue=2;spage=71;epage=74;aulast=Awasthi
• ISSN: 2321-8568; 2348-4691

Background: For understanding injuries in paediatric elbow and checking the degree of reduction after manipulation, various radiological criteria using anthropometric parameters are used. Since anthropometric parameters of Caucasians are different from European and Mongoloids, their parameters cannot be applied on our population. Hence, there is a need to characterise anthropometric parameters of elbow among children in the Indian population. Materials and Methods: The study population comprised all cases of injury to the elbow joint between 3 and 13 years of age reporting to the Department of Orthopaedics during the study. The X-rays films were preserved, and the angles and lines (as anthropometric parameters) were drawn on the radiographs. Results: Mean ± (standard deviation [SD]) for Baumann angle in children included in this study was 75° ± 4.70°. Mean ± (SD) of Baumann angle in males was 76° ± 4.44° and females was 74° ± 5.37°. Mean ± (SD) for lateral capitellohumeral angle in children from 3 to 13 years of age was 49 ± 5.75. Conclusions: As the values of normal side have been found to affect the functional and cosmetic outcome of the affected extremity, slight changes in values of our population in comparison to that of the Western population can significantly affect the outcome.