Research Article

Femoral Head Coverage Assessment in Healthy Children Younger than 6 Years

Table 1

Reference values of normal FH coverage by different acetabular regions in boys and girls aged 1–6 y.o.

FHCMaleMean
(±std. dev.)
Minimum/maximum
FemaleMean
(±std. dev.)
Minimum/maximum

y.o.ACS-ACS-PCP-SCP-ICACS-ACS-PCP-SCP-IC
119.44
(±15.7)
0/38
89.05
(±3.76)
81/100
86.29
(±3.38)
77/94
50.14
(±5.12)
44/62
50.2
(±5.06)
39/60
14.54
(±17.6)
0/41
88.9
(±5.0)
79/97
84.72
(±5.43)
73/92
49.04
(±6.79)
34/58
51.31
(±5.99)
42/64
228.57
(±9.98) 5/41
92.35
(±6.74)
83/103
90.78
(±5.28)
84/99
53.92
(±3.56)
47/60
53.42
(±5.41)
43/60
33.93
(±4.5)
25/41
100.87
(±30.09)
78/211
91.06
(±6.14)
76/98
56.93
(±5.3)
50/66
57.87
(±5.94)
50/67
336.1
(±4.48)
27/43
98.2
(±4.2)
90/107
96.45
(±3.45) 89/103
63.1
(±2.8)
57/68
60.85
(±4.03)
53/68
30.72
(±15.28)
0/47
94.22
(±5.48)
84/104
92.5
(±7)
70/100
61.16
(±6.47)
49/72
63.22
(±6.3)
52/71
435.07
(±8.97)
11/44
96.15
(±4.28)
89/105
95.57
(±3.94)
88/103
61.92
(±3.59)
57/71
62.03
(±3.9)
55/68
34.54
(±11.28)
8/48
95.68
(±4.86)
87/106
94.63
(±5.42)
83/102
61.45
(±7.31)
42/71
63.45
(±7.23)
47/71
541.61
(±4.56)
35/50
100.15
(±5.37)
90/109
99.53
(±3.92)
91/106
66.19
(±3.8)
58/73
64.11
(±4.06)
59/75
41.24
(±9.83)
28/57
99.35
(±4.41)
92/104
100.85
(±3.69)
94/106
69.64
(±7.84)
59/85
66.5
(±5.53)
59/78
641.72
(±4.8)
30/51
100.63
(±4.12)
92/107
100.44
(±4.39)
92/110
68.86
(±5.57)
55/79
66.77
(±5.13)
56/76
43.18
(±6.93)
30/54
99.54
(±4.87)
91/108
101.04
(±4.69)
92/110
71.77
(±5.25)
61/84
69.9
(±3.57)
63/79

FHC: femoral head coverage; y.o.: years old; AC: anterior coverage; S-AC: superior-anterior coverage; S-PC: superior-posterior coverage; P-SC: posterior-superior coverage; P-IC: posterior-inferior coverage; std. dev: standard deviation.