Assessment of Patellar Alignment in Different Postures

• DOI: 10.11648/j.ajss.20140202.14
• Publication Date: 2014-09-01T10:05:17Z
• Authors: Hugo Machado Sanchez
• Keywords: Supine position; Weight-bearing; Foot (prosody); Position (finance)

Introduction: The evaluation of Q angle is a common clinical practice however standardization regarding the best way does not exist. Objective: Compare value in different static positions and rotations lower limbs. Methods: Evaluated 56 volunteers, 30 women 26 men, supine andunder weight-bearing with parallel feet outward foot rotation. For calculate used Computerized Biophotogrammetry. Results: Have significant difference between position rotation left side for both sexes (p=0.00) (p=0.03), feminine sex. Conclusion: it concluded that there are no differences postures to review angle, we stress importance checking relaxation muscles