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Table 5 Correlations of the calcaneofibular ligament’s dimensions

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

  

length

thickness

width

fibula

calcaneus

volume

CFL angle

TCA

General

N = 251

length

x

- 0.19***

- 0.13***

- 0.23***

- 0.09***

0.22***

−0.44***

0.13***

thickness

 

x

- 0.18***

- 0.17***

−0.08***

0.21***

0.26***

−0.23***

width

  

x

0.48***

0.56*

0.73***

0.33**

−0.20***

fibula

   

x

0.56***

0.21***

0.21***

0.01***

calcaneus

    

x

0.57***

0.22***

−0.27***

volume

     

x

0.25***

−0.28***

Single fascicular

n = 76

length

x

- 0.51***

- 0.16***

- 0.42***

−0.02***

0.01***

−.67***

0.19***

thickness

 

x

- 0.10***

0.4***

0.14***

0.06***

0.13***

0.13***

width

  

x

0.51

0.57

0.51

0.42***

−0.29**

fibula

   

x

0.56**

0.52***

0.29***

0.12***

calcaneus

    

x

0.78***

0.24**

−0.31***

volume

     

x

0.16***

−0.21***

Double fascicular

n = 175

length

x

- 0.03***

- 0.11***

- 0.13***

- 0.12***

0.21***

−0.22***

0.17***

thickness

 

x

- 0.24***

- 0.33***

−0.2***

0.29***

0.36***

−0.44***

width

  

x

0.47**

0.52*

0.47*

0.29***

−0.09***

fibula

   

x

0.58***

0.13***

0.20***

−0.10*

calcaneus

    

x

0.44***

0.26***

−0.23***

volume

     

x

0.41***

−0.32***

  1. Abbreviations: CFL the calcaneofibular ligament, TCA the tibiocalcaneal angle. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001