title: Rotational profile of the lower extremity and foot progression angle: computerized tomographic examination of 50 male adults.
abstract: Acetabular, femoral and tibial torsion of 50 normal adult male subjects were measured by computerized tomography and the relationship between these angles and foot-progression angle was examined. The mean acetabular anteversion was 15.6 degrees on the right and 15.8 degrees on the left, (range 3 degrees-30 degrees). The mean femoral torsion was 6.5 degrees on the right and 5.8 degrees on the left (range 14 degrees-28 degrees). The mean tibiofibular torsion was 30.9 degrees on the right and 29.1 degrees on the left (range 16 degrees-50 degrees). Although the normal range of torsional measurements of the lower extremity was very broad, subjects usually had out-toeing, with a mean foot-progression angle of 13.7 degrees on the right and 13.0 degrees on the left (range 6 degrees-21 degrees). No correlation was detected on the rotation between different levels of the lower limb. No difference was detected in the lower extremity rotational profile between right and left sides.
authors.affiliation: Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Meşelik, Eskişehir, Turkey. sseber@ogu.edu.tr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hazer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Göktürk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Günal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turgut
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D017760:Bone Malalignment / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality