Table 1 Length and thickness of the PTF ligaments. PTF proximal tibiofibular, SD standard deviation, mm millimetre
From: Anatomical study of the proximal tibiofibular ligaments using ultrasound
Bundle | Length (mm) | Thickness (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | |
Anterior PTF ligament | ||||||
Superior | 15.98 | 1.60 | 12.4–19.2 | 1.24 | 0.20 | 0.7–1.8 |
Upper middle (M1) | 12.34 | 0.90 | 10.6–14.7 | 1.21 | 0.19 | 0.7–1.6 |
Lower middle (M2) | 8.20 | 1.12 | 6.3–10.9 | 1.16 | 0.23 | 0.8–1.7 |
Posterior PTF ligament | ||||||
Superior | 4.12 | 0.68 | 2.9–6 | 0.88 | 0.19 | 0.7–1.3 |
Middle | 8.12 | 0.90 | 6.2–10 | 1.89 | 0.46 | 0.9–2.8 |