title: Hip impingement in the Indian population: hip anthropometry measurements in 100 hips.
abstract: We studied 100 hip joints in Indian patients to measure femoral head sphericity, head-neck offset and alpha angle. Our study indicates that the mean values of the above measurements are far below the "danger" level for the onset of femoro-acetabular impingement. It remains to be seen whether these findings explain the low incidence of primary hip osteoarthritis in the Indian population.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Lalit
authors: L
authors: Maini
authors: Yuvarajan
authors: Y
authors: Palanisamy
authors: Vishvas
authors: V
authors: Shetty
authors: Sarang
authors: S
authors: Kasture
authors: Vijay
authors: V
authors: Shetty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D057925:Femoracetabular Impingement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography