title: Measuring anteversion and femoral neck-shaft angle in cerebral palsy.
abstract: Femoral anteversion was measured by computed tomography (CT) in 40 children with cerebral palsy, however an accurate measurement was possible in only 59 of the 80 hips. Flat-surface measurement of anteversion was possible in 72 of 80 hips by CT, and in 36 of 40 hips by ultrasound. A high neck-shaft angle correlated with an inability to measure anteversion by CT. Measuring by ultrasound allowed subjects to be positioned in internal rotation and in this way accurate measurements of neck-shaft angles were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Alfred I du Pont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlo
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Harcke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012399:Rotation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed