The Lateral Femoral Condyle Index Is Not a Risk Factor for Primary Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lateral femoral condyle index (LFCI)-a recently developed measure of the sphericity of the lateral femoral condyle-was reported to be a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. However, issues have been raised regarding how the index was measured and regarding the patient group and the knee in which it was measured.

Purpose

To investigate the association between the LFCI and the risk of sustaining a primary, noncontact ACL injury, and to examine whether this association was moderated by the posterior-inferior-directed slope of the lateral tibial plateau.

Study design

Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

A secondary analysis was conducted of deidentified magnetic resonance images of the uninjured knees of 86 athlete

SUBMITTER: Nowak EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8732325 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature