Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                

Normal value and range of the humerus-elbow-wrist angle in a sample of healthy children with even distributions of age, sex, and laterality

J Pediatr Orthop B. 2019 Jan;28(1):57-61. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000553.

Abstract

This study was performed to evaluate the normal value of the humerus-elbow-wrist angle (HEWA) in a sample of healthy children with even distributions of age, sex, and laterality. A total of 168 radiographs of the elbows of healthy children with even distributions of age, sex, and laterality were reviewed. The mean HEWA was 12.1° (range: 5°-20°). The value of HEWA was significantly associated with increasing age. Neither sex nor side showed significant differences for the HEWA. The data should be useful for postoperative radiographic assessment of cubitus varus or valgus deformities.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Elbow Joint / diagnostic imaging*
  • Elbow Joint / physiology
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality / physiology
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Humerus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humerus / physiology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Range of Motion, Articular / physiology
  • Reference Values
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Wrist Joint / diagnostic imaging*
  • Wrist Joint / physiology