MEASURING ANTEVERSION AND FEMORAL NECK-SHAFT ANGLE IN CEREBRAL-PALSY

Authors
MILLER F LIANG YH MERLO M HARCKE HT
Citation
F. Miller et al., MEASURING ANTEVERSION AND FEMORAL NECK-SHAFT ANGLE IN CEREBRAL-PALSY, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 39(2), 1997, pp. 113-118
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00121622
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
113 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-1622(1997)39:2<113:MAAFNA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Femoral anteversion was measured by computed tomography (CT) in 40 chi ldren with cerebral palsy, however an accurate measurement was possibl e in only 59 of the 80 hips. Flat-surface measurement of anteversion w as possible in ra of 80 hips by CT, and in 36 of 40 hips by ultrasound . A high neck-shaft angle correlated with an inability to measure ante version by CT. Measuring by ultrasound allowed subjects to be position ed in internal rotation and in this way accurate measurements of neck- shaft angles were obtained.