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

Table 2 Summary of previous studies of the tibial sagittal insertion of ACL

Authors	Methods	Number	Reference line (AP diameter)	ACL center^a	AM center^a	PL center^a
Staubli and Rauschning [26]	cadaver	10	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	41.2
	cryosection	5	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	43.3
	MRI	23 male	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	44.1
	MRI	12 female	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	43.7
Shea et al. [25]	MRI	14 male	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	43
Shea et al. [25]	MRI	7 female	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b	46
Colombet et al. [18]	lateral radiographs	7	Amis & Jakob’s line		36	52
Zantop et al. [24]	lateral radiographs	20	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b		30	44
Doi et al. [19]	lateral radiographs	31	Amis & Jakob’s line		34.6	38.5
Pietrini et al. [23]	lateral radiographs	12	Amis & Jakob’s line		36.3	51
Iriuchishima et al. [20]	lateral radiographs	15	Staubli & Rauschning’s line^b		31	50
Kasten et al. [27]	lateral radiographs	67	Amis & Jakob’s line		35	48
Musahl et al. [22]	lateral radiographs	8	medial tibia plateau line	46.2
Musahl et al. [22]	CT	8	medial tibia plateau line	45.4
Lintner et al. [21]	lateral radiographs	7	tibia articular surface	40
Current study	lateral radiographs	20	Amis & Jakob’s line	40.9

^aData are presented as the percentage that was measured by the proportion in the each used reference line
^bStaubli & Rauschning’s line: The line passing through the posterior corner of the tibial plateau and perpendicular to the tibial axis
Abbreviations: AM: anteromedial, PL: posterolateral, AP: anteroposterior

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