Femoral head-neck offset measurements in 339 subjects: distribution and implications for femoroacetabular impingement

Wiley - Tập 21 - Trang 1212-1217 - 2012
Christian R. Fraitzl1, Thomas Kappe1, Friederike Pennekamp1, Heiko Reichel1, Christian Billich2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Tóm tắt

The α-angle is a frequently used measurement to quantify head-neck offset pathology in cam-type femoroacetabular impingement. However, diverging norm values and reference intervals have been described, especially in men. The α-angle, the head-neck offset ratio and the triangular index were measured on anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of 339 (170 men and 169 women) subjects without evident underlying hip pathology. For male subjects, the mean α-angle was 49.4° (SD 10.5°) on anteroposterior and 49.1° (SD 10.6°) on lateral radiographs, whereas for female subjects, it was 45.0° (SD 8.0°) and 46.1° (SD 9.9°), respectively. Thus, calculated upper limits of reference intervals in the population screened were 70° for both radiographic projections in men and 61° (anteroposterior) and 66° (lateral) in women. These data substantiate recent findings that the pathological threshold of the α-angle in male subjects may be lower than that previously assumed. Diagnostic, Level III.

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