Introduction: The inability to maintain good pelvic stability has been attributed to inefficient muscle coordination and deconditioning of the stabilizing muscles. Despite this, little is known about ...

When a child sits on the floor with their knees folded and legs bent behind them, this is often referred to as W-sitting. For years, many people have discouraged W-sitting out of concern over hip ...

The path of least resistence may not be the best to take. New archaeological research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that Homo erectus, a species of primitive humans, went ...

A 28-year-old woman with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDc) was referred to the Kathryn O. and Alan C. Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias (CSD) at HSS with worsening right hip pain ...

The femoral neck anteversion angle has been used as a surgical indicator for hip and patellofemoral joint disorders. However, the influence of limb position on femoral neck anteversion angle ...

Abstract: The purpose was to establish a human femur finite element model for the phenomenon of total hip arthroplasty prosthesis loosening. It compared and analyzed the stress distributions according ...

Combined femoral and acetabular anteversion is the sum of femoral and acetabular anteversion, representing their morphological relationship in the axial plane. Along with the increasing understanding ...

The following is a summary of “Medial patellar ligament reconstruction in combination with derotational distal femoral osteotomy for treating recurrent patellar dislocation in the presence of ...

A femoral endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove fatty deposits from the femoral artery in the groin. This artery supplies the lower body with oxygen-rich blood. The femoral artery is a ...

The femoral vein, a blood vessel located deep inside each of the thighs, is prone to blood clots. Known as femoral vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the femoral vein or its branches can have serious ...