title: Anthropometric measurements of the human distal femur: a study of the adult Malay population.
abstract: The distal femurs of 100 subjects (50 men, 50 women) from the Malay population aged between 19 and 38 years were scanned to measure the anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) width. The mean AP values were 64.02 ± 3.38 mm and 57.33 ± 3.26 mm for men and women, respectively, and the mean ML values were 74.91 ± 3.52 mm and 64.53 ± 3.07 mm. We compared our data to that published previously for the Chinese and Indian populations. It was found that the Malay population had smaller distal femur than that of the Chinese but was larger than that of the Indian population (P < 0.05). In conclusion, although it is well established that Asians have a smaller distal femur size than that of the Western population, the variations in different Asian ethnicities may need to be considered when designing the appropriate knee implant.
authors.affiliation: Medical Devices & Technology Group (MEDITEG), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Fitdriyah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Mohammed Rafiq
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abdul Kadir
authors.forename: Ahmad Hafiz
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zulkifly
authors.forename: Azlin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sa'at
authors.forename: Azian Abd
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Golam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamarul
authors.forename: Ardiyansyah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Syahrom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D044466:Asian People; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007194:India; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult