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- Title
Lower limb alignment in healthy Japanese adults.
- Authors
Wanezaki, Yoshihiro; Suzuki, Akemi; Takakubo, Yuya; Nakajima, Taku; Toyono, Shuji; Toyoshima, Sadami; Fukushima, Shigenobu; Yamamoto, Takao; Ito, Takashi; Takagi, Michiaki
- Abstract
Knowledge regarding the normal alignment of the lower limb is important when considering alignment for total knee arthroplasty. However, few studies have explored the lower limb alignment of healthy Japanese subjects. Between July and October 2020, we performed whole leg standing radiography of 120 legs of 60 healthy adult Japanese volunteers aged <50 years in the closed-leg stance. The measurement parameters were hip knee ankle angle (positive for varus), percentage of constitutional varus (hip knee ankle angle ≥ 3°), mechanical axis deviation ratio, mechanical lateral distal femoral angle, medial proximal tibial angle, joint line convergence angle (positive for lateral opening), and tibial joint line angle (positive for medial inclination). The mean measured values for all volunteers, men and women, were as follows: hip knee ankle angle (°), 2.3, 2.6, and 2.0; mechanical axis deviation ratio, 35.8, 35.6, and 36.9; mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (°), 86.7, 87.0, and 86.7; medial proximal tibial angle (°), 85.6, 85.0, and 86.2; joint line convergence angle (°), 0.6, 0.3, and 0.8; and tibial joint line angle (°), −1.0, −0.7, −1.4, respectively. The percentage of constitutional varus was 35.8% overall, 35.8% in men and 35.3% in women. Only the medial proximal tibial angle was smaller in men than that in women (p = 0.003). The mechanical lateral distal femoral and medial proximal tibial angles were smaller, hip knee ankle angle was larger, and percentage of constitutional varus was higher in Japanese subjects than those reported for subjects in other countries. Our findings improve the understanding of Japanese-specific alignments when considering alignment for lower limb surgery, especially, total knee arthroplasty.
- Subjects
JAPANESE people; TOTAL knee replacement
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 1, p200
- ISSN
0949-2658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.jos.2021.10.016