Is there a correlation between the femoral anteversion angle and the elasticity of the hip muscles in cases of intoeing gait due to increased femoral anteversion angle?

Abstract

One of the common causes of gait disturbance in children is increased femoral ante-version. There are not enough publications in the literature on muscles related to the hip joint in increased femoral anteversion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the femoral anteversion angle and hip muscle elasticity in children walking inward, using shear wave elastography (SWE).

Keywords

• computed tomography
• shear wave elastography
• femoral anteversion
• femoral anteversion angle
• hip muscles