Knee
Lateral trochlear inclination
>11°
Magnetic resonance imaging
Line tangential to posterior femoral condyles. Plane of the lateral trochlear facet subchondral bone. The angle between this line and this plane is the lateral trochlear inclination.
Reference
Carrillon Y, Abidi H, Dejour D et-al. Patellar instability: assessment on MR images by measuring the lateral trochlear inclination-initial experience. Radiology. 2000;216 (2): 582-5.
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