Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 The average anatomical location of the tibial ACL footprint in Chinese and Caucasians
Reference point | Measurement direction and units | ACL footprint location (mean ± sd) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | Caucasian | |||
tACS | A/P (mm) | 17.1 ± 2.3 | 20.0 ± 3.4 |  < 0.001*** |
M/L (mm) | 34.2 ± 2.4 | 37.4 ± 3.6 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 31.5 ± 4.2 | 35.3 ± 6.0 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 45.2 ± 3.2 | 47.9 ± 4.6 |  < 0.001*** | |
Posteromedial ARLM | A/P (mm) | 1.4 ± 2.1 | 1.2 ± 2.3 |  = 0.543 |
M/L (mm) | 8.2 ± 3.0 | 6.7 ± 2.4 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 2.6 ± 3.9 | 2.1 ± 4.1 |  = 0.403 | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 10.8 ± 4.0 | 8.6 ± 3.1 |  < 0.001*** | |
Peak of MTS | A/P (mm) | 13.2 ± 2.8 | 11.6 ± 2.1 |  < 0.001*** |
M/L (mm) | 4.3 ± 1.5 | 5.2 ± 2.4 |  = 0.003** | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 24.3 ± 5.2 | 20.5 ± 3.7 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 5.7 ± 2.0 | 6.7 ± 3.1 |  = 0.011* | |