Angular configuration of the knee. Comparison of conventional measurements and the QUESTOR Precision Radiography system.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to assess the QUESTOR Precision Radiography system (QPR) and to compare it with the routine hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle measurements. The aim was also to evaluate the robustness of the QPR system against the osseous changes of arthrotic disease.


METHODS
Twenty-four patients, operated on with a high tibial osteotomy for medial gonarthrosis, were examined. The alignment of the leg was measured by the conventional technique and by the QPR method.


CONCLUSIONS
The 2 methods correlated well. The intraobserver variation in the QPR measurements was, with the exception of the capito-midcondylar-femoral shaft angle and the tibial plateau width, not affected by the osseous changes inflicted by the arthrotic process. The patients tolerated both systems well while the staff preferred the QPR system.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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Sanfridsson
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Ryd
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K
Eklund
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Y
Kouvaras
K
K
Jonsson
D000842:Ankle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001168:Arthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery