A study on effects of serum calcium levels in relation to ankle joint instability-A case control study Krishnamoorthy Karpagam1,*, Vijayaraghavan V2, Vijayakumar J3 1Research Scholar, Department of Health Sciences, Saveetha University, Tamilnadu, India 2Professor and HOD, Department of Anatomy, Tagore Medical College, Tamilnadu, India 3Professor, Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Tamilnadu, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Karpagam Krishnamoorthy Research Scholar, Department of Health Sciences, Saveetha University, Tamilnadu, Chennai. drkkarpagam@gmail.com, Mob.: +919095033599
Online published on 9 January, 2019. Abstract 1/4th of what we eat keeps us healthy and 3/4th of what we eat, keeps the doctors wealthy is the recent highlighted quote. With developing lifestyles and its proportionate increase in stress levels leads to so many diseases. This study is focussed on the serum calcium levels as a risk factor in individuals who have recurrent ankle sprains. The serum calcium levels of 80 individuals (Male-47, female 33) who had recurrent ankle sprains were taken as Cases and 80 volunteers were taken as the control group (1: 1)who were age and sex matched with that of the cases. Chi square value was found to be 5.48 (P <0.05) which means there was an association between serum calcium level and ankle joint instability and odds Ratio value was found to be 2.22 (95% C.I: 1.07–4.60). This interpretation concludes that there is a higher likelihood of ankle joint instability associated with serum calcium deficiency. Among the 80 subjects of group I, 34 had low serum calcium levels and they were put into a follow up study and the values of the serum calcium levels were measured again. On comparison of Serum calcium mean levels in the pretest and post test among 34 patients, The mean level in the pretest was 7.59 mg/dl as compared to 8.95 in the post test. The difference in the mean levels (1.36) was statistically significant (P<0.001), and the recurrence rate of ankle sprain also reduced. Top Keywords Serum calcium levels, Joint instability, calcium supplements. Top |