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Fig. 2 | BMC Medical Imaging

Fig. 2

From: Morphological study of the vastus medialis oblique in recurrent patellar dislocation based on magnetic resonance images

Fig. 2

The measurement of muscle fibre angulation and craniocaudal extent of the VMO in the control and recurrent LPD groups. a, d Images showing the plane in which the “Roman arch” was most obvious; the longitudinal axis of the femoral shaft was identified; b, e The adductor tubercle was located in the medial margin of the femur in the transverse slice; the red dots indicate the lowest point of the VMO, and the VMO muscle-fibre angulation in the controls and LPD patients were 20.49° and 46.79°; e, f The magnitudes of craniocaudal extent of the VMO in the controls and LPD patients were 27.57 mm and 12.65 mm, respectively

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