(NECK-SHAFT) ANGLE OF FEMUR IN PAKISTAN POPULATION

Abstract

Three hundred (150 left and 150 right) dried human femurs were studied for two anthropological parameters
i.e. maximum morphological femur length and collodiaphyseal (neck-shaft) angle in Pakistan population.
All samples were of adult males between twenty five to seventy years of age. Each femur was studied for
its maximum morphological length and collodiaphyseal angle. Mean morphological length of right femur
was 44.93 cm with standard deviation of 4.06 and mean collodiaphyseal angle 128.77/ with standard
deviation of 8.72. Mean morphological length of left femur was 44.88cm with standard deviation of 4.63
and mean collodiaphyseal angle 128.37/ with standard deviation of 8.77. Over all, morphological femur
length was 44.91 cm with standard deviation of 4.34 and collodiaphyseal angle 128.57/ with standard
deviation of 8.74. Further correlation between two anthropological parameters was observed. It was found
that collodiaphyseal angle of femur bear no definite relationship to its morphological length.