ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2025
Validation of CLASS MRI for personalized ACL footprints identification.
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- Association of Thigh Thickness and Femoral Notch Width with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Attachment Size and Tear Risk.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Validation of CLASS MRI for personalized ACL footprints identification.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Patient-Specific Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Femoral Footprint Mapping Using Compressed Lateral and Sagittal Sequence MRI in Patients With Trochlear Dysplasia.JB & JS open accessArticle
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purposeIn modern anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery, the focus is usually on anatomical reconstruction to restore the natural kinematics of the knee. The individual optimal positioning of the ACL footprints (FPs) in primary surgery is still controversial and, especially in revision surgery, difficult to realize surgically. In this regard, a new MRI-based sequence, the Compressed Lateral and anteroposterior Anatomic Systematic Sequence (CLASS) with marked femoral and tibial FPs as a template, could help. The purpose of this study was to (1) validate the reliability and reproducibility of the localization of femoral and tibial FPs of ACL in the generation of CLASS and (2) compare the identification of ACL FPs by CLASS with previously described methods.
methodsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of uninjured knees from a predominantly young cohort is used to apply the CLASS algorithm. ACL FPs were subsequently identified by a board-certified radiologist and an orthopaedic knee surgeon. Intraobserver reliability and interobserver reproducibility were assessed. Measurements of the ACL FPs according to established methods were performed and compared with the results from the literature.
resultsIdentification of ACL FPs and generation of CLASS images resulted in 'almost perfect' reliability and reproducibility. Most measurements also showed 'almost perfect' consistency. Statistical analysis showed significant variations between the deep-shallow and high-low positions when compared to the published literature.
conclusionsThe CLASS MRI sequence is a reliable and reproducible method for identifying ACL FPs. The observed variability in the location of the ACL FP underlines the importance of a patient-specific surgical approach. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
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