Lengthening of both the tibia and femur simultaneously requires ... Lengthening over an IM nail will obligatorily lengthen the anatomic axis of the femur, and if significant femoral lengthening ...

So right now I'm going to tell it where the center of the femur is. I'm also going to tell it where the axis is ... And there's the top of the tibia with its arthritic surface now being removed ...

Flexion of the hip joint occurs when the femur (upper leg ... Rotation – this is where the limb turns round its long axis, like using a screw driver. This occurs in the hip joint in golf ...

This system creates a three-dimensional model from a large number of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation ... Ideally, the whole femur or tibia is to be collected to ...

Objective: To examine in a cross sectional study the influence of femoral torsion (FT ... the inclinometer attached in the same manner to the tibia and using knee joint line as the moving axis ...

Surgical treatment of leg length inequality can be done at the tibia, femur, or pelvis. The choice of which bone to treat depends on the source of the inequality and the preference of the patient ...