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Table 1 Correlation analysis between the ACL tibial footprint and other radiographic landmarks

From: Variations in sagittal locations of anterior cruciate ligament tibial footprints and their association with radiographic landmarks: a human cadaveric study

Radiographic landmarks

Mean (range)

SD

CCb

p valueb

Sagittal location of ACL tibial footprinta

40.9 (38.0 ~45.0)

2.0

  

Geometry of Blumensaat’s line

 Sagittal location of Blumensaat’s linea

26.7 (22.0 ~34.0)

3.1

0.572

0.033

 Angle between Blumensaat’s line and tibia articular margin (°)

63.9 (57.8~74.0)

4.9

0.704

0.005

 Angle between Blumensaat’s line and posterior femoral cortex (°)

31.9 (26.3~37.6)

3.0

−0.744

0.002

Sagittal location of apex of tibial eminencea

60.3 (57.0 ~ 63.0)

1.8

0.375

0.186

  1. aData are presented as the percentage that was measured by the proportion of sagittal landmark in Amis and Jakob’s line
  2. bStatistical analysis was performed using the Pearson’s correlation analysis
  3. Abbreviation: SD (standard deviation), CC (correlation coefficient