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Background: Several activities in day to day involving upper limb require good hand grip strength. A reliable evaluation of hand grip forms an integral part of rehabilitation, not only to assess the strength muscles involves in gripping but also to apply as a tool in rehabilitating patients with variable level of hand injuries. Various sports require some degree of grip strength which improves the performance and play a key role in preventing overall injuries relevant to forearm and hand. Since the hand grip is considered to be affected by variation in carrying angle. The acute angle produced medially when the axis of the forearm deviates laterally from the long axis of the humerus, with the arm extended and palm facing forward, is referred as carrying angle. Average value of carrying angle in male is 5-10 and slightly greater in female being 10-15. If this angle is >15 it is called cubitus valgus whereas if it is <5 it is called cubitus varus.