An Anthropometric Study of Femoral Anteversion of West Bengal Population

Abstract

Background: Femoal anteversion is defined as the angle formed between the transverse axis of the 
head and the transverse axis of the lower end of the femur. In the axial plane, the femoral neck is 
anteverted, i.e., rotated anteriorly compared to the femoral condyles as the neck of femur is not in 
the same plane as the shaft. It measures about 10˚ to 15˚ (adult) and is called Angle of Anteversion. 
The values of this angle vary between individuals and between the different racial population. 
Abnormal Femoral Neck Anteversion (FNA) affects the biomechanics of the hip. It may be associated 
with many clinical problems ranging from harmless intoeing gait in the early childhood to disabling 
osteoarthritis of the hip and the knee in the adults.