ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2021
Anatomic characteristics of the knee influence the risk of suffering an isolated meniscal injury and the risk factors differ between women and men.
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Abstract
purposeTo analyse the relationship between multiple anatomic characteristics of the knee (tibia and femur) and isolated meniscal injury in women and men.
methodsForty-seven patients with isolated medial meniscal injuries, 62 patients with isolated lateral meniscal injuries, and 70 control subjects were included. Medial posterior tibial slope (MTS), lateral posterior tibial slope (LTS), medial tibial plateau depth (MTD), coronal tibial slope (CTS), femoral notch width (NW), femoral condylar width (FCW), intercondylar notch depth (ND), femoral notch width index (NWI), intercondylar notch shape index (NSI), and cruciate ligaments tensity (CLT) were measured from magnetic resonance images. Anatomic characteristics differing between groups were compared, and risk factors for isolated meniscal injury were identified by multivariate forward stepwise logistic regression for men and women separately.
resultsRisk factors for an isolated medial meniscal injury were a steeper MTS and a lowered MTD in men, and a steeper MTS and an increased NWI in women. Risk factors for isolated lateral meniscal injury were a steeper LTS and an increased NW in men, and a steeper LTS and a lowered ND in women. Risk factors for both medial and lateral meniscal injuries were a higher CTS, an increased NWI, and a looser CLT in men, and a higher CTS, an increased NSI, and a looser CLT in women.
conclusionThe anatomic characteristics of the tibial plateau, femur, and cruciate ligaments influence the risk of suffering isolated meniscal injury, and the risk factors differ between men and women. This study provides a reference for developing identification criteria for those at risk of isolated meniscal injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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