[Radiological study of painless knees in 50 women more than 65 years old. I. Frontal teleradiography in an upright position].
Fifty women over 65 who had never suffered from knee problems had a frontal teleradiography of the lower limbs in a vertical standing position. Two knees (out of one hundred) were affected by an external femoro-tibial arthrosis. The femoro-tibial angle of the knees without arthrosis was very close to 0 (0.02). The typical difference was 2.46. The normal level is thus approximately -5 to +5 degrees, and there was thus no "physiological" genu-valgum in the population studied. Marginal osteophytosis and the tibial spines is very frequent and has no pathological significance. A menischondrocalcinosis was found in 14 per cent of subjects.
D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography
Etude radiologique des genoux indolores de 50 femmes de plus de 65 ans. I. - Téléradiographie de face en station debout.