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METHODS: The study included 21 healthy individuals, including 9 healthy females and 12 healthy males with an average age of 36 \u00b1\u200917 years. Knee kinematics were calculated in a gait analysis by combining the data from a motion-capture system and a 3D lower-extremity alignment assessment system on biplanar long-leg radiographs by using a 3D-2D registration technique. The main kinematic parameters were the dynamic position change relative to the ground, applying the femoral anatomical axis (FAA), tibial anatomical axis (TAA), and dynamic alignment in the coronal plane during the stance phase of gait. RESULTS: The average changes in FAA, TAA, and dynamic varus alignment were 3.7\u00b0 \u00b1\u20091.2\u00b0, 3.5\u00b0 \u00b1\u20090.8\u00b0, and 3.0\u00b0 \u00b1\u20091.2\u00b0, respectively. The TAA tilted laterally during the loading response and a plateau area appeared afterwards; the FAA gradually inclined laterally until the terminal stance phase, and the dynamic alignment showed varus angular change during the loading response. CONCLUSIONS: The tibia and femur were found to change approximately 2\u20135\u00b0 of the position of the bony axes relative to the ground. 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