Objectives: To evaluate lower extremity alignments in football players with and without genu varum using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to determine the mechanisms underlying malalignment and the factors contributing to it. Methods: This is a prospective case-control study with football players with/without lower extremity malalignment. Full-length lower extremity MRI was used to evaluate the lower extremity alignment parameters. In addition, the isokinetic strength of the concentric knee extensor-flexor and concentric hip abductor-adductor muscles was measured using an isokinetic dynamometer at two different angular velocities: 60Ëš/sec and 180Ëš/sec. The investigators created a logistic regression model to investigate whether the alignment parameters used to evaluate lower extremity alignment in football players are risk factors for the development of genu varum.
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Mechanical axis deviation (MAD)
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Femoral anteversion (FA)
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Medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Tibial torsion (TT)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Tibial tubercle-posterior cruciate ligament (TT-PCL)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Joint line convergence angle (JLCA)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Mechanical lateral distal femoral angle (mLDFA)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks
Quadriceps femoris angle (Q angle)
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of measurements at 3 weeks