Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 The average anatomical location of the tibial ACL footprint in Caucasian males and females
Reference point | Measurement direction and units | ACL footprint location (mean ± sd) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Caucasian males | Caucasian females | |||
tACS | A/P (mm) | 21.0 ± 3.2 | 17.9 ± 2.4 |  < 0.001*** |
M/L (mm) | 39.0 ± 2.9 | 34.2 ± 2.6 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 35.8 ± 5.5 | 34.0 ± 4.6 |  = 0.106 | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 48.0 ± 3.6 | 47.7 ± 3.6 |  = 0.711 | |
Posteromedial ARLM | A/P (mm) | 1.1 ± 2.4 | 1.2 ± 2.2 |  = 0.844 |
M/L (mm) | 7.4 ± 2.3 | 5.3 ± 2.2 |  < 0.001*** | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 1.9 ± 4.1 | 2.2 ± 4.2 |  = 0.749 | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 9.1 ± 2.8 | 7.4 ± 3.1 |  = 0.014* | |
Peak of MTS | A/P (mm) | 11.6 ± 2.0 | 11.7 ± 2.4 |  = 0.844 |
M/L (mm) | 5.2 ± 2.4 | 5.2 ± 2.4 |  = 0.970 | |
Normalized A/P (%) | 19.8 ± 3.4 | 22.2 ± 4.6 |  = 0.015* | |
Normalized M/L (%) | 6.4 ± 3.0 | 7.3 ± 3.3 |  = 0.214 | |