Ethnic-, gender-, and age-related differences in femorotibial angle, femoral antetorsion, and tibiofibular torsion: Cross-sectional study among healthy Japanese and Australian Caucasians

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-67

  Tamari, Kotaro ^a   Tinley, Paul ^b   Briffa, Kathy ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee; Knee osteoarthritis; Valgus; Varus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMOROTIBIAL ANGLE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA TORSION; TIBIOFIBULAR TORSION; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMECHANICS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA; TORSION;

EID: 31644449020     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20170     Document Type: Article

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