A Correlation Between Leg-Heel Alignment, Tibial Torsion and Q Angle Amongst Ideal, Overweight and Obese Individuals

BACKGROUND Excess weight puts a strain on every part of the body. The position and function of the foot and ankle affect the stresses transmitted to the knee. OBJECTIVE To measure and to find correlation between leg-heel alignment, Tibial torsion and Q angle in ideal, overweight and obese. STUDY DESIGN Non experimental, observational study. PROCEDURE 75 subjects were conveniently selected based on Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria and divided in to 3 groups. ideal subjects with BMI prime between 1.0 to 1.2 were Group- A, overweight subjects with BMI prime 1.0 to 1.2 were Group-B and obese subjects with BMI 1.2 were group C. Of each subject leg -heel alignment, Tibial torsion, Q angle will be measured using measuring tape, goniometer and correlation is studied. RESULTS There was significant difference Q angle between ideal-Overweight p=0.001 , ideal-Obese p=0.001 , Obese - Overweight p=0.001 in Right .ideal - Overweight p=0.001 , Normal -Obese p=0.000 in Left. For leg heel alignment There was significant difference between ideal-Overweight, ideal-Obese, Overweight-Obese p=0.000 . E. Jayakanthan | Rijula Raj. R "A Correlation Between Leg-Heel Alignment, Tibial Torsion and Q Angle Amongst Ideal, Overweight and Obese Individuals" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-6 , October 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18809.pdf