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 | ||