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. 2013 Aug 1;223(4):321–328. doi: 10.1111/joa.12087

Table 1.

Table summarizing the most important features of the individual anterolateral ligaments (ALLs). Note cadaver 18 is the only one without an identifiable ALL

ALL length (mm) ALL width (mm) ALL thickness (mm) Femoral bone width (mm)



Specimen L/R Sex Extension Flexion (90) Femoral origin Joint line Tibial insertion Joint line Epicondylar Intercondylar Tibial recess (mm) Distance GT-ALL (mm) Distance FH-ALL (mm)
1 Right Male 41 50 13 6 13 3 75 17 6 18 34
2 Right Female 37 47.3 x 5.2 10.6 1.6 67.6 20 5.8 15.5 15.8
3 Right Male 48.8 50.12 x 6.9 8.9 2.1 84.3 18.4 9.3 28.8 23.7
4 Left Male 40.35 41.43 x 13.08 17.55 1.09 110 19.05 7.9 24.2 26.2
5 Left Male 34.3 37.1 8.5 8.3 12.4 0.5 86.8 x 5.2 19.9 20.8
6 Right Male 37.62 39.42 10.04 7.26 10.07 0.88 102.92 x 5.5 27.4 26.09
7 Left Male 37.61 40.15 6.55 3.65 9.95 0.41 95.08 x 5.97 24.97 23.57
8 Left Male 46.94 50.22 11.39 4.71 13.88 1.75 98.86 x 6.27 26.76 13.64
9 Right Female 41.82 43.34 4.92 1.4 5.8 0.28 82.59 x 3.57 27.44 15.43
10 Left Male 35.28 36.72 7.23 5.96 10.37 0.48 92.6 x 9.88 23.44 17.26
11 Left Female 30.11 34.08 8.52 8.48 13.16 0.43 91.21 x 5.51 19.78 24.27
12 Right Male 33.16 35.92 9.65 2.37 9 0.37 80.18 x 5.3 19.74 22.4
13 Right Female 29.25 30.83 4.02 2.88 9.43 0.38 87.95 x 9.16 25.35 25.65
14 Right Male 26.1 27.7 9.2 6.3 10.1 1.4 71.9 19.4 6.4 24.5 22.3
15 Right Female 23.2 27.4 8.78 4.42 11.62 0.88 76.26 18.55 5.24 23.89 19.68
16 Right Male 43.25 49.22 12.28 3.541 14.65 1.37 77.48 23.07 6.41 25.88 19.76
17 Right Male 33.73 30.63 8.92 6.23 12.35 1.69 75.89 16.01 6.13 21.6 19.48
18 Right Female x x x x x x 74.25 19.03 x x x
19 Left Female 35.87 39.46 7.23 10.84 9.76 1.69 77.51 13.63 5.52 20.66 24.96
20 Left Female 30.88 38.72 8.61 10.54 15.62 1.86 66.97 18.26 6.33 16.65 15.23
21 Left Male 40.16 35.12 5.68 6.19 15.82 1.43 90.27 19.92 7.2 24.69 21.83
22 Left Female 37.9 37.33 8.28 5.5 10.22 1.34 72.32 15.35 6.86 17.02 14.67
23 Left Male 44.29 41.12 9.01 5.84 13.75 1.82 85.95 22.94 5.15 18.45 25.85
24 Left Male 41.18 45.05 8.74 5.96 10.81 2.2 80.96 22.07 5.94 21.63 20.81
25 Right Female 37.68 39.23 12.61 8.69 10.01 1.94 77.55 16.32 6.07 19.65 17.1
26 Left Female 32.25 39.16 7.74 7.45 11.63 1.35 79.38 17.52 4.64 15.54 26.84
27 Left Female 34.81 44.42 8.32 4.04 11.51 1.15 79.82 18 7.2 15.09 25.41
28 Right Male 36.57 37.8 6.9 8.9 13.08 1.2 89.47 21.6 7.35 18.55 22.42
29 Left Male 45.56 48.99 8.28 7.75 11.74 1.9 83.81 16.4 6.8 24.1 33.02
30 Right Female 40.65 42.22 6.3 13.49 13.49 0.6 71.31 17.8 5.97 16.3 32.6
31 Left Male 42.29 36.86 5.1 14.19 14.19 1.4 80.91 15.51 8.25 26.78 20.66
32 Right Female 38.39 40.97 9.1 6.7 9.1 0.7 84.13 20.8 5.6 24.25 21.22
33 Right Male 43.5 46 6.8 4.3 9.1 0.9 88.5 16.4 8.1 20.5 21.6
34 Right Male 35.37 41.81 10.03 5.51 9.36 1.05 89.27 16.04 6.47 25.84 31.42
35 Left Female 44.47 47.19 5.166 5.4 8.15 1.39 79.3 17.06 5.69 19.36 23.39
36 Left Male 47.52 50.86 x x 8.41 1.34 82.99 21.7 6.64 20.87 27.91
37 Right Female x 46.46 x x 11.42 0.85 80.81 13.13 7.84 21.01 23.37
38 Right Female 45.65 47.07 10.49 5.22 10.22 1.14 76.02 17.8 4.52 18.8 25.68
39 Right Female 42.12 38.68 8.5 8.95 8.14 1.07 72.55 17.06 6.04 23.61 13.6
40 Right Female 49.46 48.09 8.58 x 7.98 x 72.41 15.5 6.8 25.12 34.46
41 Right Male 36.5 57.32 6.18 x 10.4 1.05 82.45 19.85 9.22 13.76 33.02
Average 38.5 41.5 8.3 6.7 11.2 1.2 82.3 18.2 6.5 21.6 23.2
SD 6.1 6.7 2.1 3.0 2.5 0.6 9.2 2.5 1.4 4.0 5.7
MIN 23.2 27.4 4.0 1.4 5.8 0.3 67.0 13.1 3.6 13.8 13.6
MAX 49.5 57.3 13.0 14.2 17.6 3.0 110.0 23.1 9.9 28.8 34.5