DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLINICAL TIBIOFEMORAL ANGLE IN NORMAL ADOLESCENTS - A STUDY OF 427 NORMAL SUBJECTS FROM 10 TO 16 YEARS OF AGE

Authors
CAHUZAC JP VARDON D DEGAUZY JS
Citation
Jp. Cahuzac et al., DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLINICAL TIBIOFEMORAL ANGLE IN NORMAL ADOLESCENTS - A STUDY OF 427 NORMAL SUBJECTS FROM 10 TO 16 YEARS OF AGE, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 77(5), 1995, pp. 729-732
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
77
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
729 - 732
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1995)77:5<729:DOTCTA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We measured the clinical tibiofemoral (TF) angle and the intercondylar (IC) or intermalleolar (IM) distance in 427 normal European children (212 male and 215 female) aged from 10 to 16 years, In our study, girl s had a constant valgus (5.5 degrees) and displayed an IM distance of <8 cm or an IC distance of <4 cm, By contrast, boys had a varus evolut ion (4.4 degrees) during the last two years of growth and displayed an IM distance of <4 cm or an IC distance of <5 cm. Values above these f or genu varum or genu valgum may require careful follow-up and evaluat ion.