Abstract

Background and Objectives: Lower extremity injuries are commonly due to impaired balance. The best to assess lower extremity alignment is the Quadriceps angle (QA), it says the important variable and because it represents quadriceps muscles vector direction in frontal plane. The purpose of this study is to find a correlation between quadriceps angle on static and dynamic balance measures. Methodology: Ethical clearance was obtained from institutional ethical committee. Subjects fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included. Informed consent form was taken from each of the subject prior to the treatment. A sample of 95 subjects recruited between 60 years and above. These participants were recruited using purposive sampling. This Correlation analytical study consists of Timed Up and Go Test And Berg Balance Scale for assessing functional mobility and Balance(Static and Dynamic) respectively and data was analysed using the statistical package SPSS 22.0 (SPSS Inc.., Chicago, IL) at p<0.05. Result: The result of research suggests that there is a Statistically significant with moderate positive correlation (p=0.002*) observed between Q-angle with TUG (which measure dynamic balance). There is significantly weak positive (p=0.095) correlation observed between Q-angle with BBSS values (which measures both static and dynamic balance). Conclusion: In this study, the effect of Q angle has moderately positive correlation with dynamic balance. A Q angle is weakly correlated with the static balance. That means quadriceps angle plays an important role in predicting injuries of lower extremity. This makes an important diagnostic tool during assessment of an individual, especially in Geriatric population.

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