genu valgum

Most patients present with mild genu valgum.

Genu valgum was present in all.

Mild genu valgum can be seen in children from ages 2 to 5, and is often corrected naturally as children grow.

Idiopathic genu valgum is a form that is either congenital or has no known cause.

In the condition genu valgum (knock knee) the femurs converge so much that the knees touch one another.

In the general population of people without either genu valgum or genu varum, the femoral-tibial angle is about 175 degrees.

Genu valgum, commonly called "knock-knee", is a condition in which the knees angle in and touch one another when the legs are straightened.

Skeletal anomalies, such genu valgum, hyperextended joints, or cubitus valgus, may also be present.

It is also used to correct a coxa vara, genu valgum, and genu varum.

Adults with uncorrected genu valgum are typically prone to injury and chronic knee problems such as chondromalacia and osteoarthritis.

In some cases, total knee replacement (TKR) surgery may be required later in life to relieve pain and complications resulting from severe genu valgum.

Because changes in shape of the femur naturally affects the knee, coxa valga is often combined with genu varum (bow-leggedness), while coxa vara leads to genu valgum (knock-knees).

Pathological changes in this angle results in abnormal posture of the leg: A small angle produces 'coxa vara' and a large angle in 'coxa valga'; the latter is usually combined with genu varum and coxa vara leads genu valgum.

It is correct for a knock-kneed deformity to be called both a varus deformity at the hip (coxa vara) and a valgus deformity at the knee (genu valgum); although the common terminology is to simply refer to it as a valgus knee.

Divergence from the normal femorotibial angle is called genu varum if the center of the knee joint is lateral to the mechanical axis (intermalleolar distance exceeds 3 cm), and genu valgum if it is medial to the mechanical axis (intercondylar distance exceeds 5 cm).