Normal Anteversion of the Femoral Neck
(radiography)
Age (y) Anteversion
(in degrees)
Birth - 1 y 30 - 50
30
3 - 5 25
6 -12 20
12 -15 17
16 - 20 11
20 8
*From Billing L:  Acta Radiol 1954; Suppl 110.  Averages adapted from several investigators.

Reference: Keats TE  Atlas of Roentgenographic Measurement.  Mosby Year Book: St. Louis. 1990. p. 330.

Normal Femoral Neck Torsion Angle (Computed Tomography)1
(see reference for method)
diagrams to be constructed


 


Age Anteversion angle (degrees)
Birth +34 to +40
Adult +10 to +15

1.  Mesgarzadeh, M, Revesz G, Bonakdarpour K.  Femoral neck torsion angle measurement by computed tomography.  Journal of Computed Tomography 11(5):799-803.  September/October 1987


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