ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2016
The anterolateral ligament of the knee: a radiologic and histotopographic study.
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- Magnetic resonance imaging-based identification of the knee anterolateral ligament: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Patient demographic and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of isolated posterolateral corner knee injuries.Annals of joint · 2023Article
- Analysis of Mechanoreceptors and Free Nerve Endings of the Transverse Carpal Ligament.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Anatomy of the anterolateral ligament of the knee joint.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Review
- Injuries to the anterolateral ligament are observed more frequently compared to lesions to the deep iliotibial tract (Kaplan fibers) in anterior cruciate ligamant deficient knees using magnetic resonance imaging.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- The anterolateral ligament of the knee is not a solid structure in human fetuses.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Article
- Timing of magnetic resonance imaging affects the accuracy and interobserver agreement of anterolateral ligament tears detection in anterior cruciate ligament deficient knees.Knee surgery & related research · 2020Article
- Morphology of the anterolateral ligament: a complex of fibrous tissues spread to the anterolateral aspect of the knee joint.Anatomical science international · 2020Article
- MRI visibility of the anterolateral ligament and the deep structures of the iliotibial tract.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Truly Existing or Hyped up? Unravelling the Current Knowledge Regarding the Anatomy, Radiology, Histology and Biomechanics of the Enigmatic Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee Joint.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2020Review
- Ultrastructural Assessment of the Anterolateral Ligament.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Correlation Analysis of the Anterolateral Ligament Length with the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Length and Patient's Height: An Anatomical Study.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- An Overview of Anatomy and Imaging of the Anterolateral Structures of the Knee.Techniques in orthopaedics (Rockville, Md.) · 2018Article
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- Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the normal knee anterolateral ligament in children and adolescents.Skeletal radiology · 2018Article
- Assessment of the anterolateral ligament of the knee by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Article
- Rotational Laxity Control by the Anterolateral Ligament and the Lateral Meniscus Is Dependent on Knee Flexion Angle: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2017Article
- Anterolateral Ligament Expert Group consensus paper on the management of internal rotation and instability of the anterior cruciate ligament - deficient knee.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2017Review
- The infra-meniscal fibers of the anterolateral ligament are stronger and stiffer than the supra-meniscal fibers despite similar histological characteristics.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Article
- Anterolateral ligament abnormalities are associated with peripheral ligament and osseous injuries in acute ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeRecent anatomic investigations of the lateral structures of the knee have rediscovered a ligament, called the antero-lateral ligament (ALL).
methodsTen specimens of ALL (6 M, 4 F, mean age 82.3) were sampled from bodies of the Body Donation program of the University of Padova for histological and immuno-histochemical studies. Moreover, a retrospective magnetic resonance (MR) study was carried out in 50 patients (30 M, 20 F, mean age 37.5). MR exams with a normal anatomo-radiological report were selected.
resultsFrom the microscopic point of view the ALL corresponds to a dense connective tissue (mean thickness 893 ± 423 µm), and is composed by collagen I (90 %), collagen III (5 %) and collagen VI (3 %) and scarce elastic fibers (<1 %). On MR exams, ALL appears as a thin linear structure, originating at the lateral epicondyle, running obliquely downwards and forwards, and inserting in the middle third (46 %) or inferior third (14 %) of lateral meniscus and in the lateral aspect of the proximal tibia. It was observed in 47 cases (93 %), with a mean length of 32 ± 4.6 mm and mean thickness of 1.1 ± 0.4 mm. The ALL showed low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted sequences.
conclusionThe ALL shows the typical structure of a fibrous ligament. From the anatomo-radiological point of view the ALL is almost constantly depicted by routine 1.5-T MR scan.
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