Hip joint center location from palpable bony landmarks:​ a cadaver study

Seidel, Geoffrey K.; Marchinda, David M.; Dijkers, Marcel; Soutas-Little, Robert W.

Affiliations

¹Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

²East Lansing, Michigan

³Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan; §

⁴Biomechanics Evaluation Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.

Abstract and keywords

An anatomical anthropometric study of adult human cadaveric pelves was performed to investigate the relationship between hip joint center (HJC) and selected aspects of pelvic geometry. Sixty-five pelves (35 female and 30 male) were examined. Measurements of pelvic geometry and HJC (center of bony acetabular rim) were taken from bony landmarks of de-fleshed pelves. Correlation analysis revealed that HJC cannot be accurately located as a function of pelvic width alone, but requires estimation as a function of pelvic height and depth as well. HJC was optimally located relative to the respective ASIS: 14% of pelvic width medial (mean error 0.58 cm), 34% of pelvic depth posterior (mean error 0.30 cm), and 79% of pelvic height inferior (mean error 0.35 cm). No significant differences were found between males and females in HJC estimation.

Keywords: Hip center; Pelvic landmarks

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(94)00149-X

PubMed: A1995RF33300011

WoS: A1995RF33300011

History

Revised: 1994-10-30

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