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Angle of Femoral Torsion in Subjects of Udaipur Region, Rajasthan, India

Kavita Badjatiya, and Ghanshyam Gupta.

The femoral neck anteversion has important implications in arthroplasties, evaluation of pathology of hip. Since racial variation is expected to exist because of different needs of different races. The purpose of this study was to estimate the average angle of femoral torsion (FNA) in subjects of Udaipur region .Unpaired 150 dry femora, 63 of females (33 left and 30 right) and 87 of males (47 left and 40 right) devoid of any gross pathology were used to measure femoral torsion from department of anatomy, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur in the year 2013. They were evaluated by Kingsley Olmsted method and the data were statistically analyzed. In females the angle ranges from 8-35 degree with the mean of 21.30 degree. The average mean was 20.09 and 22.63 degree on left and right side respectively. In males the angle ranges from 8-25 degree with the mean of 16.67 degree. The average mean was 16.89 and 16.40 on left and right side respectively. The average angle of anteversion was 18.67 with SD of 5 degree. The ‘p’ value of comparison of angle in male and female was < 0.001 which was highly significant. The difference in angle on the right and left side of both male and female bones was statistically insignificant.