Table 3.
Correlation coefficients between the changes of T2 values of individual cartilage sub-compartments 3 years after ACL reconstruction of the intact contralateral side and changes in contact locations and contact rotations at 6 months after ACL reconstruction.
| Tibiofemoral weightbearing area | Trochlea | Patella | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∆FM | ∆TM | ∆FL | ∆TL | ∆Med | ∆Cen | ∆Lat | ∆Med | ∆Cen | ∆Lat | ||
| ∆AP | r2 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| β (SE) | −1.40 (1.05) | −0.67 (0.46) | −0.04 (0.80) | 0.92 (0.80) | −0.72 (1.62) | 0.89 (2.68) | 6.76 (3.49) | 1.94 (4.37) | −1.32 (2.19) | −0.79 (1.64) | |
| p | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.96 | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.75 | 0.11 | |
| ∆ML | r2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.16 |
| β (SE) | −0.11 (1.34) | −0.04 (0.60) | −0.72 (0.81) | −1.31 (0.80) | −1.38 (1.70) | −0.73 (2.95) | −3.82 (4.76) | −5.18 (4.30) | −3.67 (1.86) | −1.64 (1.69) | |
| p | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.81 | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.38 | |
| ∆IE | r2 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.64 | 0.22 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.34 |
| β (SE) | −0.64 (0.28) | −0.26 (0.14) | −0.47 (0.16) | −0.31 (0.26) | −1.02 (0.29) | −1.03 (0.76) | −1.15 (1.42) | −1.07 (1.38) | −0.85 (0.64) | −0.72 (0.45) | |
| p | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.24 | 0.17 | |