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. 2022 Oct 6;18(2):409–412. doi: 10.1007/s11548-022-02734-9

Table 5.

Different acetabular angles measured in previous studies

Ref. Nr. Year Method Gender n* Criteria AV Angle (°) SD Range Comments
17 1983 CT Overall 86 17 6 Left/right not described
11 1989 CT Overall 40 Left 19.8 5.7 7–30
Right 19.0 4.7 10–28
Male 23 Left 18.5 5.6 7–30
Right 18.4 4.5 10–25
Female 17 Left 21.6 5.4 10–30
Right 19.8 4.9 11–28
19 1996 CT Overall 60 15.7 Left/right, Male/female not analysed
20 2006 CT Overall 100 Age 23 5 12–39 Divided by age, left/right not divided
Male 17  < 70y 22 6 12–39
25  > 70y 22 6 13–35
Female 40  < 70y 23 5 15–35
18  > 70y 25 5 17–34
12 2007 X-ray, anatomic Overall 43 Anatomic 20.1 6.4 Left/right not analysed, male/female not analysed; comparison of anatomic and radiographic (X-ray) measurements
Radiographic 20.3 6.5
Male 30
Female 13
5 2008 3D-CT Overall 27 Normal 17 8 1–31 Left/right difference not included, difference between normal and dysplastic hips
Dysplastic 19 9  − 7–39
Male 11 Normal 15 7 1–24
Dysplastic 18 3 12–21
Female 16 Normal 18 8 2–31
Dysplastic 19 10 7–39
13 2010 3D-CT Overall 25 Left 17.29 5.8 Male/female differences not calculated
Right 17.55 5.6
Male 11
Female 14
16 2011 3D-CT Overall 50 Level 1 14.4 10.5  − 12.9–40.5 Acetabular anteversion measured on different levels on the 3D model
Level 2 21.2 8.1  − 2.4–40.9
Level 3 22.5 6.1 1.1–38.8
Level 4 21.3 5.5 8.3–34.6
Level 5 22.1 6.6 1.38–39.1
Male 25 Level 1 11.6 9.4  − 12.9–29.1
Level 2 18.2 7.4  − 2.4–28.57
Level 3 20.0 4.8 1.1–27.5
Level 4 18.9 5 0.7–30.47
Level 5 19.7 5.6 1.38–32.09
Female 25 Level 1 17.0 10.9  − 4.34–40.5
Level 2 24.3 7.8 5.5–40.9
Level 3 25.1 6.2 7.5–38.8
Level 4 23.6 5.5 8.3–34.6
Level 5 24.5 6.7 9.2–39.1
4 2013 3D-CT Overall 49 Prone 24 5.3 22.9–25.1 Difference made in between prone position and reformatted images
Reformatted 21.3 5.0 20.3–22.3
Male 26 Prone 23.1 4.8 21.8–24.4
Reformatted 19.4 4.4 18.2–20.6
Female 23 Prone 25.1 5.6 23.4–26.8
Reformatted 22.8 5.3 21.2–24.4
10 2014 3D-CT Overall 200 Anatomic 23.2 6.6 Three different methods to measure acetabular anteversion
Radiographic 19.2 5.6
Operative 30.6 8.6
Male 112 Anatomic 21.5 6.1
Radiographic 17.5 5.0
Operative 28.0 7.6
Female 88 Anatomic 24.7 6.6
Radiographic 20.5 5.8
Operative 32.6 8.8
24 2017 3D-CT Overall 49 Anatomic 18.12 7.59 Three different methods to measure acetabular anteversion
Radiographic 14.30 5.64
Operative 24.97 9.68
Male 28 Anatomic 17.51 7.98
Radiographic 13.73 5.93
Operative 23.25 9.53
Female 21 Anatomic 18.93 7.04
Radiographic 15.06 5.21
Operative 27.25 9.51
25 2017 3D-CT Overall 100 Anatomic 20.1 5.9–33.1
Radiographic 16.1 4.5–26.8
Operative 24.9 7.0–39.2
Male 50 Anatomic 18.8 9.1–31.0
Radiographic 14.8 7.3–25.0
Operative 22.9 10.9–36.5
Female 50 Anatomic 21.5 5.9–33.1
Radiographic 17.3 4.5–26.8
Operative 26.9 7–39.2