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Increased lateral tibial slope associated with ACL injury in football players
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Recently published results showed an association between osseous morphology, specifically increased lateral tibial slope, with ACL injury in male collegiate football players.
Researchers measured several osseous morphologic characteristics, including medial and lateral condylar width, medial and lateral plateau width, notch width, bicondylar width, notch width index and medial and lateral tibial slopes, in 45 male collegiate football players with an ACL injury. The group was compared to a matched cohort of 45 patients without an ACL injury.
In addition to the ACL injury, results showed more medial meniscal injuries in the ACL-injured group, while the control group had more chondral injuries. Univariable analysis showed a significant association between a narrower lateral femoral condyle, increased medial tibial plateau slope and increased lateral tibial plateau slope with the risk of an ACL injury. Researchers found the sole independent predictor of ACL injury was an increased lateral tibial slope, where every degree increase in the lateral tibial plateau slope was associated with a 32% increase in the risk of an ACL injury. – by Casey Tingle
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