Some remarks about femoroacetabular impingement and osseous non-metric variations of the proximal femur

Femoroacetabular impingement is a condition of repeated contact between the acetabular rim and the femoral head-neck junction. Impingement arises as a result of abnormal morphological features involving the proximal femur (cam type) or the acetabulum (pincer type). This note illustrates the usefulne...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Villotte, Christopher J. Knüsel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2009-06-01
Series:Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6495