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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients between the mechanical tibiofemoral angle and the femoral anteversion or femoral bowing angle

From: High femoral anteversion in osteoarthritic knees, particularly for severe valgus deformity

Parameters

MTA

r value

p value

pFA

− 0.154

0.018*

tFA

− 0.118

0.071

  1. pFA femoral anteversion based on the posterior condylar line, tFA femoral anteversion based on the clinical transepicondylar axis, MTA mechanical tibiofemoral angle
  2. *Assumed to be statistically significant (p < 0.05), based on Pearson analysis