Relationship of the Femoral Bicondylar Diameter and Intercondylar Notch Dimensions in Nigerians: A Radiographic Study

The aim of this study was to determine the relation of the femoral bicondylar diameter to intercondylar notch dimensions (width and depth). Antero-posterior normal knee radiographs of 200 subjects were evaluated to determine the femoral bicondylar diameter (FBD), intercondylar depth (IND) and intercondylar width (INW). The mean value for FBD, INW and IND were 8.84cm, 1.50cm and 1.02cm for males and 7.81cm, 1.26cm and 0.92cm for females on the right side respectively. For the left side, the FBD, INW and IND were 8.93cm, 1.54cm and 1.09cm for males and 7 .90cm, 1.30cm and 0.98cm for females respectively. There was weak significant correlation (p

Key Words: femoral bicondylar diameter, intercondylar notch dimensions, knee morphology, radiography