| In Brazilian literature the works are scarce on the collo-diaphyseal angle (CDA) in Brazilians, as well as, in relation to the other measures that can be acquired in the proximal portion of the femur, as the femur axle length (FAL), femur neck width (FNW), and the femur head diameter (FHD).This study had the purpose of enlarging the data on the Brazilian people, providing anatomic fundamentals that allow a better comprehension of clinical and pathological states involving the hip joint. All these measures were gotten in millimeters (mm) through a paquimeter and a goniometer for the same researcher. Eighty-seven bones were analyzed, being 40 (46%) right femurs and 47 (56%) left femurs. The bones were in their complete form and they were from adult corpse.... |
