Open AccessMeasurement of the Whole and Midsubstance Femoral Insertion of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: The Comparison with the Elliptically Calculated Femoral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Footprint Area
Author(s) -
Genki Iwama,
Takanori Iriuchishima,
Takashi Horaguchi,
Shin Aizawa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_434_18
Subject(s) - footprint , anterior cruciate ligament , medicine , anatomy , cadaver , femur , cadaveric spasm , femoral condyle , orthopedic surgery , orthodontics , nuclear medicine , surgery , geology , cartilage , paleontology
The purpose of this study was to measure the detailed morphology of the femoral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) footprint. The correlation and the comparison between the measured area and the area which mathematically calculated as elliptical were also evaluated.