Neutrality, normality, abnormality and pathology in coronal knee alignment: Why and how should we define it in the era of personalised medicine?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
• ² Research Group Michael T. Hirschmann, Regenerative Medicine and Biomechanics, Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
• ³ Department of Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, München, Germany.
• ⁴ Department of Arthroplasty, Sports Medicine and Traumatology, Orthopaedic Hospital Lindenlohe, Schwandorf, Germany.
• ⁵ Surgery Department, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• ⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• ⁷ Orthopaedics Surgery and Sports Medicine Department, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France.
• ⁸ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Manresa, Fundació Althaia (Spain), Universitat de Vic, Manresa, Spain.
• ⁹ KniePraxis, Straubing, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Centre Orthopedique Santy, Lyon, France.