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From: Is the contralateral lesser trochanter a reliable reference for planning of total hip arthroplasty – a 3-dimensional analysis

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Measurement of femoral antetorsion. a Red line: Perpendicular axis of the posterior condyles (PPC). b Blue line: Femoral neck axis (FNA), defined as the axis between the femoral neck center (FNC) and the femoral head center (FHC). Femoral antetorsion was defined as the angle between the PPC and the FNA, both projected on the xy-plane of the coordinate system

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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