Abstract
Background / Aim. Determining the value of Gissane?s angle (GA) plays a role
in diagnosis and prognosis of heel fractures, determining treatment methods
and assessing the outcome of surgical treatment. Normal values of the GA
vary in relation to ethnicity, age and gender of the examined group, which
indicates its anthropometric significance. The aim of this study was to
determine the range of normal GA values in the population of Central Serbia.
Methods. GA was determined on lateral radiography of the foot of 145
subjects, both sexes (67 women and 78 men), with subjects divided into 6 age
groups. The patients included in the study did not have a calcaneus
fracture. The obtained results were processed in the Graph Pad program.
Results: The average value of GA in Serbia was 110.8? ? 8.1, ranging from
93? to 132.9?. The mean value of GA decreased with age, and no difference
was observed between women and men, except in the youngest age group were
women had higher GA values than men. Conclusion. The results of the study
showed a wide range of normal GA values, as well as the existence of a
difference in subjects of different age and sex.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),General Medicine