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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2013 Nov 25;47(2):592–595. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.11.026

Table 1.

Cross-sectional area of the MPFL measured at the patellar insertion, mid-substance, and the femoral insertion.

Location Natural
orientation group
Non-natural
orientation group
Patellar insertion (mm2) 105.6 ± 26.6 95.6 ± 23.1
Mid-substance (mm2) 69.4 ± 23.5 66.3 ± 13.6
Femoral insertion (mm2) 57.7 ± 19.6 54.9 ± 10.9

p > 0.05 at all three respective locations.