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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 The average anatomical location of the tibial ACL footprint in Chinese males and females

From: Significant race and gender differences in anterior cruciate ligament tibial footprint location: a 3D-based analysis

Reference point

Measurement direction and units

ACL footprint location (mean ± sd)

P value

Chinese males

Chinese females

tACS

A/P (mm)

17.7 ± 2.6

15.7 ± 1.8

 < 0.001***

M/L (mm)

35.7 ± 1.8

31.7 ± 1.7

 < 0.001***

Normalized A/P (%)

32.1 ± 4.7

30.0 ± 3.4

 = 0.034*

Normalized M/L (%)

45.7 ± 2.3

44.6 ± 2.4

 = 0.042**

Posteromedial ARLM

A/P (mm)

0.9 ± 2.0

2.1 ± 2.1

 = 0.012*

M/L (mm)

9.4 ± 2.9

6.4 ± 2.2

 < 0.001***

Normalized A/P (%)

1.6 ± 3.6

4.0 ± 4.0

 = 0.008**

Normalized M/L (%)

15.7 ± 3.3

9.0 ± 3.1

 < 0.001***

Peak of MTS

A/P (mm)

13.6 ± 2.9

12.7 ± 2.6

 = 0.141

M/L (mm)

4.7 ± 1.3

4.6 ± 1.4

 = 0.749

Normalized A/P (%)

24.6 ± 5.3

24.2 ± 5.0

 = 0.727

Normalized M/L (%)

6.0 ± 1.7

6.5 ± 2.0

 = 0.246

  1. ACL anterior cruciate ligament, A/P anteroposterior, M/L mediolateral, ARLM anterior root of the lateral meniscus, MTS medial tibial spine, tACS tibial anatomical coordinate system
  2. * 0.01 < P < 0.05; ** 0.001 < P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001