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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2017 Sep 8;49:101–106. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2017.09.005

Table 1.

The femoral contact angle (α) and deviation angle (β) in the medial and lateral compartments

Percent Medial-α (°)
Mean (SD)
Medial-β(°)
Mean (SD)
Lateral-α(°)
Mean (SD)
Lateral-β(°)
Mean (SD)
0% 47.4 (4.2) 8.0 (1.7) 46.4 (2.0) 10.9 (1.6)
10% 37.9 (4.5) 9.6 (1.4) 38.7 (3.5) 7.8 (3.0)
20% 31.3 (5.9) 11.4 (1.3) 32.3 (5.3) 5.1 (2.4)
30% 25.4 (6.6) 11.5 (2.0) 27.0 (5.6) 6.0 (2.3)
40% 20.1 (6.3) 10.1 (3.7) 23.1 (5.0) 7.9 (2.7)
50% 15.1 (6.2) 7.3 (3.8) 18.3 (6.0) 9.2 (3.7)
60% 7.7 (6.3) 6.1 (3.0) 10.7 (7.4) 9.5 (3.3)
70% −0.3 (8.4) 6.9 (1.8) 2.0 (8.6) 10.9 (2.9)
80% −10.6 (7.0) 9.4 (1.5) −4.3 (6.4) 11.4 (2.4)
90% −18.9 (6.4) 10.3 (1.0) −10.7 (6.0) 13.4 (1.8)
100% −23.2 (4.5) 11.1 (1.3) −14.5 (2.4) 14.6 (2.3)
Total range 71.1 (5.3) 8.4 (2.4) 61.8 (2.2) 10.4 (1.9)