A Study on Femoral Neck Anteversion and Its Clinical Correlation

Results: The angle between centre head neck line to transcondylar line was measured using goniometer in 164 dry bones and the mean value was 9.8 deg. The mean value was 9.49 deg on the right side and 10.13 deg for the left side femora with a standard deviation of 1.66 and 1.50 respectively showing a higher angle in the left side femora. A statistically significant difference of 0.64 was found for the angle of anteversion between the right and left side bones with a ‘p’ value of <.001. The mean value of male type bones was 9.78 deg and 9.79 deg of female type bones with a standard devation of 1.70 and 1.54 respectively. Though the value was higher in the female type bones, no statistically significant difference was found for the angle of anteversion between the male-and female-type bones in the present study. 7.9% bones were in the range of 0-8°, 54.2% bones were in the range of 8-10°, 21.9% were in the range of 10-12°, 15.8% bones had angle more than 12° showing most bones with a value of anteversion in the range of 8-10°.