CORRELATION OF CARRYING ANGLE WITH SHOULDER WIDTH AND PELVIC CIRCUMFERENCE MORPHOMETRICALLY IN MEDICAL STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY

Abstract

Objective: Determination of the correlation of carrying angle with shoulder width and pelvic circumference between male and female medical students.

Methods: A quantitative, descriptive and cross- sectional research conducted at University of Lahore, for a period of 6 months. Carrying angle of 260 medical students (125 male & 135 female) between 18-21 years of age was measured. Data was collected after informed consent by measuring carrying angle of dominant upper limb with goniometer. Shoulder and pelvic circumference were measured in inches using measuring tape. Data was compiled and analyzed using SPSS 22. Shapiro-Wilk test was used to asses normality of data and then correlation tests were applied among the dependent and independent variables. Level of significance was 0.05.

Results: The results of present study proved that carrying angle correlates significantly with pelvic circumference in both genders (r_s =0.695). However, moderately significant correlation of carrying angle with shoulder width was seen in males (r_s=0.368) as compared to weak positive correlation in females (r_s=0.252).

Conclusion: Our study confirms significant correlation of carrying angle with shoulder width and pelvic circumference in both genders. In further studies more parameters like BMI should be included to see its relation with carrying angle