Table 2 Factors related to the psoas valley and its synonyms
From: Anatomical variation of the Psoas Valley: a scoping review
First author | Definition | Gender | Age | Side | The other factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kopydlowski [3] | Psoas valley | Depth and width were significantly larger in male than in female. No significant difference in location. | No significant difference between younger and older in depth, width and location. | No significant difference between racial groups in depth, width and location. | |
Sachdeva [18] | Notch between AIIS and IE | Depth was significantly larger in male than in female. No significant difference in index of widening. | No significant difference in depth. Index of widening was significantly deeper towards the left side in male | ||
Kohnlein [14] | Anterior wall depression | No significant difference in depth and location. | |||
Vandenbussche [2] | Psoas valley | Depth was significantly larger in male than in female. | No correlation in depth | Moderate correlation between depth and acetabular diameter (R = 0.34), and between depth and anteversion (R = -0.28) were found. | |
Vandenbussche [1] | Psoas valley | Depth was significantly larger in male than in female. No significant difference in width. | Weak correlation between depth and acetabular diameter (R = 0.26), and between depth and anteversion (R = -0.14) were found. | ||
Maruyama [16] | No significant difference in shape. | No significant difference in depth. | |||
Pellico [12] | Notch between AIIS and IE | No significant difference in depth. |