What question did this study set out to answer?

To determine whether neutral mechanical alignment is normal across the entire population and examine the prevalence of constitutional varus.

June 8, 2011Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Is Neutral Mechanical Alignment Normal for All Patients?: The Concept of Constitutional Varus

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JBJohan BellemansAssociation Pharmaceutique Belge WCWilliam ColynAZ Turnhout HVHilde VandenneuckerKU Leuven

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Observational analysis demonstrates natural varus alignment of three degrees or more in healthy adults, suggesting mechanical restoration to neutral is unnatural.

Key Points

To determine whether neutral mechanical alignment is normal across the entire population and examine the prevalence of constitutional varus.
Evaluated natural lower limb alignment patterns in individuals at the completion of skeletal growth.
Applied the biomechanical principles of Hueter-Volkmann's law to explain developmental bone morphology.
A substantial proportion of the normal population exhibits a natural mechanical alignment of 3° varus or greater at the end of skeletal growth.
Surgical realignment to neutral in individuals with constitutional varus alters native anatomy and is likely unnatural and non-beneficial.

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Bellemans et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6cb1bf174babf6cab38ee https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-1936-5

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Observational analysis demonstrates natural varus alignment of three degrees or more in healthy adults, suggesting mechanical restoration to neutral is unnatural.

The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Is Neutral Mechanical Alignment Normal for All Patients?: The Concept of Constitutional Varus

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The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Is Neutral Mechanical Alignment Normal for All Patients?: The Concept of Constitutional Varus

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