Morphometric relationships between dimensions the anterior talofibular ligament and calcaneofibular ligament in routine magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 3 Correlation of the anterior talofibular ligament’s dimensions

		length	thickness	width	fibular	talar	volume
General N = 252	length	x	−0.02***	0.20***	0.15***	0.05***	0.67***
	thickness		x	−0.13***	0.21***	−0.15***	0.45***
	width			x	−0.02**	0.49***	0.62***
	fibula				x	0.05***	0.17***
	talus					x	0.20***
	volume						x
Single fascicular n = 58	length	x	− 0.01***	0.39***	−0.07***	0.01***	0.86***
	thickness		x	− 0.49***	−0.19***	− 0.60***	0.43***
	width			x	0.01*	−0.04	0.45***
	fibula				x	−0.08***	− 0.16***
	talus					x	−0.4***
	volume						x
Double fascicular n = 193	length	x	−0.003***	0.14***	0.25***	0.06***	0.65***
	thickness		x	−0.01***	0.27***	0.05***	0.44***
	width			x	−0.03*	0.67***	0.68***
	fibula				x	0.03***	0.43***
	talus					x	0.43***
	volume						x