Table 3.
Surgical and biomechanical relevance of proximal human femur's morphological parameters
| Morphological parameters | Clinical and biomechanical relevance |
|---|---|
| FHD | Impingement/Prosthetics design/To deal with Cam‐deformity |
| OSA | To design best‐fit prosthetics/Restoration of physiological hip anatomy during THR |
| OSV | To design best‐fit prosthetics |
| OSH | To design best‐fit prosthetics |
| ATA | Preoperative planning of valgus/Varus derotational osteotomy of the proximal femur/To design best‐fit prosthetics |
| NSA | Better predict hip fracture/Preoperative planning of valgus/Varus derotational osteotomy of the proximal femur |
| GTH | Restoration of physiological hip anatomy during total hip replacement |
| TFL | Better prediction of hip fracture |
| NCDF | Impingement/Hip resurfacing |
| NCDS | Impingement/Hip resurfacing |
| NCVD | Impingement/Hip resurfacing |
| NCHD | Impingement/Hip resurfacing |
ATA, anteversion angle; FHD, femoral head diameter; GTH, greater trochanter height; NCDF, distance between the FHC and a plane parallel to the frontal plane containing the projection of the FHC to the FNA; NCHD, distance between the FHC and a plane parallel to the frontal plane containing the projection of the FHC to the FNA; NCVD, vertical distance between the FHC and a plane parallel to transversal plane containing the projection of the FHC to the FNA; NCVD, vertical distance between the FHC and a plane parallel to transversal plane containing the projection of the FHC to the FNA; NSA, neck‐shaft angle; OSA, absolute offset as the distance between FHC and femoral shaft axis; OSH, horizontal offset; OSV, vertical offset; TFL, total femur length