ArticleScientific reports2023
Sex differences in linear bone measurements occur following puberty but do not influence femoral or tibial torsion.
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- Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) in children and adolescents : an analysis of 655 knees according to the CPAK classification.Bone & joint open · 2026Article
- Development of a pelvic musculoskeletal model based on statistical shape modelling for estimating sacroiliac and pubic joint reaction forces in females.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2026Article
- Biotechnical Multiscale Engineering of Scaffolds for Stem Cell and Organoid Research.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Prediction accuracy of femoral and tibial stress and strain using statistical shape and density model-based finite element models in paediatrics.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2025Article
- Exploring developmental changes in femoral midneck cross-sectional properties.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Torsional, angular, and linear measurements in a paediatric population are clinically important but not well defined and understood. Different methods of measurement and discrepancies between assessors leads to a lack of understanding of what should be defined as typical or atypical for the growing skeleton. From a large dataset of 333 paediatric CT scans, we extracted three-dimensional torsional, angular, and linear measurements from the pelvis, femur, and tibia/fibula. Sex differences in linear measurements were observed in bones of children aged 13+ (around puberty), but femoral and tibial torsion were similar between males and females. The rotational profile (femoral anteversion minus tibial torsion) tended to increase with growth. Epicondylar, condylar, and malleolar widths were smaller in females than males for the same bone length after the age of 13 years, which could explain why females may be more at risk for sport injuries during adolescence. This rich dataset can be used as an atlas for researchers and clinicians to understand typical development of critical rotational profiles and linear bone measurements in children.
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