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Calcaneal angle in Ugandans
Author(s) -
Igbigbi P.S.,
Mutesasira A.N.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.10104
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , calcaneus , radiography , population , foot (prosody) , mean value , orthodontics , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , environmental health , mathematics
We investigated the calcaneal angle from 206 unilateral radiographs of the lateral aspect of the foot in Ugandans, comprising 114 males and 92 females, aged 20–40 years. The mean angle in males was 35.1° with a standard deviation (SD) of 7.5° and, in females, 37.6° with SD 5.6°. The range of the angle for both sexes together was 20–50° with females having a significantly higher mean value than males ( P < 0.01). There was also a significant difference in the angle between Ugandan and Nigerian men ( P < 0.01) and between Ugandan and Nigerian women ( P < 0.001). Our reported range was the widest so far documented in Africans. Our study reinforces the need to establish the normal range of the angle in a given population and also highlights the clinical importance of the angle to orthopedic surgeons managing calcaneal fractures in this part of the world. Clin. Anat. 16:328–330, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.