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  • Title: Radiographic variables in normal and osteoarthritic hips.
    Author: Laforgia R, Specchiulli F, Solarino G, Nitti L.
    Journal: Bull Hosp Jt Dis; 1996; 54(4):215-21. PubMed ID: 8731413.
    Abstract:
    The width of the weight-bearing surface (WBS) of the acetabulum and its obliquity; height, width, opening angle and alpha angle of the gothic arch; diameter of femoral head; the angle between the center of the femoral head and the most lateral point of the acetabulum (CE angle); neck-shaft angle (CCD angle); offset; angle of aperture, surface area, and volume of the spherical sector; radius and height of the spherical bowl; and distance from teardrop were assessed to study mechanically normal and frankly osteoarthritis hips. There appears to be a direct correlation between primary alterations of the above variables and development of osteoarthritis of the hip.
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