Open AccessFemoral notch and proximal tibial morphology and their relationship with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Indian population: A magnetic resonance imaging-based study
Author(s) -
Vishal Huggi,
K Yogesh,
George Jacob,
Shailesh Pai,
Ajith Kumar,
Samarth Arya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-7332
DOI - 10.25259/jassm_36_2020
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , anterior cruciate ligament , acl injury , incidence (geometry) , anatomy , tibia , posterior cruciate ligament , population , radiology , physics , environmental health , optics
Objectives: We aim to study the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury to proximal tibia bone morphology in Indian patients. Materials and Methods: Forty male subjects who sustained non-contact ACL injury who presented to our center between October 2015 and December 2016 studied and compared to 40 non-ACL injury knee magnetic resonance imaging scans. Notch morphology and both medial and lateral posterior tibial slope measurements were performed and studied. Results: We noted that the difference in notch depth and notch angle between the two groups was not significant. There was a statistically significant higher incidence of ACL injury in patients with smaller notch widths. Both an increased medial and lateral posterior tibial slope did not demonstrate a statistically significant incidence in ACL injury. Conclusion: Notch width is a major contributing risk factor for ACL injury in Indian patients. This is in agreement with previously published literature.