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Excesivo ángulo de porte del codo - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Codo con ángulo de porte excesivo; Ángulo de porte del codo excesivo; Codo valgo

Información:

Con los brazos extendidos a los lados y las palmas de las manos dando hacia el frente, el antebrazo y los codos normalmente están algo separados del cuerpo. Éste es el "ángulo de porte" normal del codo, el cual es de 5 a 15 grados. Dicho ángulo permite que los antebrazos encuentren despejados los lados de las caderas en los movimientos de balanceo durante la marcha, y es importante al cargar objetos.

Después de ciertas fracturas del codo, el ángulo de porte del brazo cicatrizado puede aumentar, haciendo que los brazos sobresalgan demasiado del cuerpo, lo cual se denomina ángulo de porte excesivo. También el ángulo puede disminuir, de manera que el brazo apunte hacia el cuerpo creando lo que se denomina "deformidad en culata o codo varo".

Dado que el ángulo de porte varía de una persona a otra, es importante comparar un codo con el otro al evaluar un problema con dicho ángulo de porte.

  • Reviewed last on: 8/11/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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