The photogrammetric assessment of the upper and lower limbs alignment of healthy university students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: postural assessment; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12608000063314
• Lead Sponsor: nitri

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2008-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 59

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy university students

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of muscle skeletal injury in the limbs, skeletal deformities, discrepancy of limbs above 1,5cm and individuals who have suffered fracture, dislocation and previous surgery on the limbs

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In order to measure the carrying angle and the Q and the tibiofemoral angles the computerized photogrammetry method was used. The obtained photos were quantified through the ALCimagem 2.1 software.[immediately after the angles are photographed]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), a statistical and data management package was used to obtain the medium values and indexes of variability of different corporal angles in men and women. In order to quantify the different corporal angles the ALCimagem 2.1 software was used.[immediately after the angles are photographed]