2006
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200601000-00008
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Abstract: Information about the carrying angle and its variations are important in the management of paediatric elbow injuries. We measured the carrying angle using bony landmarks for 300 rural South Indian children aged 5-18 years. The study confirms that the clinical carrying angle correlates best with age up to 15 years, following which there was a slight decrease in the angles. The rate of increase of the carrying angle for boys and girls is 0.42 and 0.60 degrees per year respectively. Sex differences seem to gradua… Show more

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“…10 It is reported in literature that this variable undergoes a progressive increase when, in puberty, it reaches its maximum value; 1,4,5 according to some authors this fact is allegedly related to gender, and is higher in female individuals. 1,4,5 However there are others that did not encounter this relationship. 2,6 Observing Figure 3, at the age of 9 years there was a significant difference of the value of the elbow carrying angle between genders.…”
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“…10 It is reported in literature that this variable undergoes a progressive increase when, in puberty, it reaches its maximum value; 1,4,5 according to some authors this fact is allegedly related to gender, and is higher in female individuals. 1,4,5 However there are others that did not encounter this relationship. 2,6 Observing Figure 3, at the age of 9 years there was a significant difference of the value of the elbow carrying angle between genders.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The elbow carrying angle appears not to be directly related to the height, weight or length of the ulna or humerus. 1 However we came across authors that relate this variable with the stature of individuals, indicating that the elbow carrying angle is higher in shorter people. 6 We believe that the maximum extension of the elbow should contribute to the increase of the elbow carrying angle, in conformity with the study by Golden et al 4 influenced by ligamentous laxity.…”
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“…10 The evaluation of carrying angle of elbow and knowledge of its variations is essential for the handling and monitoring of traumatic lesions. 11 In physiologic conditions this parameter varies according to age, gender, hyperextension of the elbow, dominant upper limb, anthropometric characteristics such as height and intertrochanteric distance. [12][13][14][15] We observed mean values to be 12.18±2.62° in males and 13.88±3.46° in females.…”
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“…The rate of carrying angle increment for boys and girls is 0.42 and 0.60 per year, respectively [3] . Knowledge of measurement of carrying angle of the elbow and its variations is important when evaluating traumatic elbow injuries in childhood and in adolescence and other elbow disorders that require reconstruction arthroplasties [7] . The type of fracture a child sustains after fall on outstretched hand is also determined by the value of the carrying angle.…”
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confidence: 99%