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This in vitro study determined the relationship amongst kinematically and anatomically defined ulnar flexion axes in an effort to improve the accuracy of ulnar component positioning. Five different techniques were used to determine the ulnar flexion axis in 12 cadaveric specimens, 3 kinematic and 2 anatomic. The techniques were compared with the screw displacement axis from simulated elbow flexion. An anatomic measurement technique using the guiding ridge of the greater sigmoid notch of the ulna and the radial head was found to most accurately replicate the position and orientation of the screw displacement axis of the elbow (p&lt;0.05). 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