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Thigh-Foot Angle
Aka: Thigh-Foot Angle, Thigh to Foot Angle, Tibial Rotation in Children
- Technique
- Patient lies prone (infants in crawl position)
- Knees flexed 90 degrees off table
- Assess angle between femur axis and foot axis
- Femur axis: Line along length of femur
- Foot axis: Line from heel through third web space
- Interpretation: Normal
- Age 1: -27 to +20 degrees (mean 0 degrees)
- Age 3: -15 to +25 degrees (mean 7 degrees)
- Age 5: -5 to +30 degrees (mean 12 degrees)
- Age 7: 0 to +30 degrees (mean 18 degrees)
- Age 9: 3 to +33 degrees (mean 20 degrees)
- References
- Schmale (2003) AAFP Board Review, Seattle
