Table 5 Results of studies examining the relationship between transverse plane femoral alignment and history of ACL injury
Study (year) | Clinical Measure(s) | Clinical Measure(s) Mean (SD) (injured, control) | Reliability of Clinical Measure | P value | Effect size (Cohen’s d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bagherifard et al. (2018) [1] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 33.5(13.3), 40.3(10.5) 49.4(8.0), 49.6(7.0) | Not reported |  < .001  > .05 | 0.6 0.0 |
Budinski et al. (2016) [11] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 30.9(11.6), 30.9(10.8) 39.8(11.5), 40.2(11.1) | Not reported |  > .99 .85 | 0.0 0.0 |
Bedi et al. (2016) [3] | Internal rotation ROM | 23.4(7.6), 24.5(6.5) | Not reported | .36 | 0.2 |
Daneshmandi et al. (2012) [12] | Femoral anteversion Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 17.4(5.5), 16.0(6.7) 40.9(5.8), 39.2(6.0) 36.4(3.8), 37.2(3.9) | ICC > .85 (SEM not reported) | .46 .38 .51 | 0.2 0.3 0.2 |
Gomes et al. (2008) [16] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 26.4(7.7), 39.0(7.1) 42.1(9.3), 43.3(8.3) | Not reported | .001 .48 | 1.7 0.1 |
Hertel et al. (2004) [17] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 39.1(8.3), 41.2(9.1) 31.4(8.9), 30.5(9.0) | ICC > .70 (SEM not reported) | .30 .35 | 0.2 0.1 |
Kramer et al. (2007) [28] | Femoral anteversion | 10.2(3.0), 11.1(2.7) | Not reported | .06 | 0.3 |
Lopes et al. (2016) [31] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 28.6(5.7), 35.6(5.7) 37.5(4.3), 43.7(6.6) | Not reported | .001 .001 | 1.2 1.1 |
Lopes et al. (2017) [32] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 33.4(6.4), 32.9(6.0) 41.1(5.8), 40.2(6.4) | ICC = 0.98 (SEM not reported) | .67 .50 | 0.1 0.1 |
Tainaka et al. (2014) [48] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 35.0(9.1), 50.2(7.2) 45.7(6.1), 56.3(6.8) | Test–retest Pearson R > .85 | .0001 .0001 | 1.9 1.6 |
VandenBerg et al. (2017) [49] | Internal rotation ROM External rotation ROM | 23.4(7.6), 30.4(10.4) 36.9(8.4), 42.2(10.7) | ICC = 0.90 (SEM not reported) | .01 .06 | 0.8 0.6 |