Table 4.
Relationship between clinical tests and alpha angle of the hip joint
| Alpha angle for bone at 1 o’clock | Alpha angle for bone at 1 o’clock for maximum value of the two hips | Alpha angle for cartilage at 1 o’clock | Alpha angle for cartilage at 1 o’clock for maximum value of the two hips | |||||||||
| Coefficient | 95% CI | P value | Coefficient | 95% CI | P value | Coefficient | 95% CI | P value | Coefficient | 95% CI | P value | |
| Internal rotation | −1.10 | −1.46 to −0.74 | <0.001 | −0.96 | −1.30 to −0.62 | <0.001 | −1.10 | −1.43 to −0.76 | <0.001 | −0.90 | –1.25 to −0.56 | <0.001 |
| External rotation | −0.58 | −1.25 to 0.94 | 0.089 | −0.50 | −1.40 to 0.40 | 0.259 | −0.62 | −1.26 to 0.03 | 0.06 | −0.43 | −1.32 to 0.44 | 0.312 |
| Total rotation | −0.67 | −0.95 to −0.40 | <0.001 | −0.64 | −0.94 to −0.35 | <0.001 | −0.68 | −0.93 to −0.42 | 0.000 | −0.60 | −0.90 to −0.30 | 0.001 |
| Flexion | −0.86 | −1.73 to 0.01 | 0.052 | −0.41 | −1.78 to 0.96 | 0.536 | −0.59 | −1.45 to 0.26 | 0.170 | −0.30 | −1.63 to 1.03 | 0.640 |
| Extension | −1.20 | −2.19 to −0.21 | 0.019 | −1.61 | −2.75 to −0.48 | 0.008 | −1.13 | −2.08 to −0.17 | 0.022 | −1.12 | −2.34 to 0.11 | 0.071 |
| FADIR test | 1.76 | −6.91 to 10.44 | 0.683 | −0.56 | −11.57 to 10.44 | 0.916 | −0.28 | −8.66 to 8.09 | 0.946 | −0.08 | −10.71 to 10.56 | 0.988 |
| FABER test | 14.92 | −9.83 to 39.67 | 0.230 | 12.26 | −20.70 to 45.21 | 0.445 | 12.86 | −11.07 to 36.80 | 0.284 | 9.34 | −22.69 to 41.38 | 0.548 |
FABER, Flexion, Abduction, External Rotation; FADIR, Flexion, Adduction, Internal Rotation.