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. 2016 Mar 22;228(6):940–951. doi: 10.1111/joa.12459

Table 1.

Anatomical location of landmarks on the tibia

LM # Anatomical location (right tibia) ME (mm)
1 Cranial tip of the proximal epiphysis 0.054
2 Most medial point of the medial condyle of the proximal epiphysis 0.075
3 Most lateral point of the lateral condyle of the proximal epiphysis 0.035
4 Caudal tip of the medial condyle of the proximal epiphysis 0.049
5 Caudal tip of the lateral condyle of the proximal epiphysis 0.052
6 Deepest point of the caudal inter‐condylar notch on the proximal epiphysis 0.033
7 Cranial point of inflection on the tibial tuberosity 0.085
8 Proximal aspect of the fusion between tibia and fibula 0.050
9 Most medial point of the medial flange of the medial malleolus 0.074
10 Most lateral point of the lateral flange at the lateral malleolus 0.052
11 Caudal distal tip of the medial malleolus 0.051
12 Caudal distal tip of the lateral malleolus 0.046

The right column shows the average absolute measurement error (ME) in mm, as explained in the text.

LM, landmark.