femorotibial

Inserts into the medial femorotibial ligament, medial side of the tibia, and medial patellar ligament.

Taking 300 mg daily is as effective as taking 400 mg of chondroitin sulfate three times daily for femorotibial gonarthrosis (arthritis of the knee).

The stifle joint consists of the femorotibial articulation (femoral and tibial condyles), femoropatellar articulation (femoral trochlea and the patella), and the proximal tibiofibular articulation.

In the tibial shaft, the mechanical and anatomical axes coincide, but in the femoral shaft they diverge 6 , resulting in the femorotibial angle of 174 in a leg with normal axial alignment.

Stifle joint (femoropatellar joint): actually composed of three joint compartments: the femoropatellar joint, the medial femorotibial joint, and the lateral femorotibial joint, which are stabilized by a network of ligaments.

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).