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- Title
Foot and ankle ligament morphometry.
- Authors
Mkandawire, Chimba; Ledoux, William R.; Sangeorzan, Bruce J.; Ching, Randal P.
- Abstract
This study primarily measured and established a morphometric spectrum of cross-sectional areas for foot and ankle ligaments with the use of a new freeze-fracture technique that was independent of ligament cross-sectional shape. Ligament morphometry measurements were made on a total of 121 bone-ligament-bone preparations that were harvested from 26 fresh (unembalmed) male cadaver feet. We used the traditional digital caliper method to measure length and the freeze-fracture technique to measure cross-sectional area. Cross-sectional area values ranged from 21.36 to 170.48 mm² and length values from 5.01 to 37.45 mm. In addition, area-to-length ratios ranged from 0.60 to 27.02 mm. Compared with the freeze-fracture technique, the digital caliper method, which assumed that ligament crosssectional shape was rectangular, resulted in an approximately 35% difference in cross-sectional area.
- Subjects
LIGAMENTS; FOOT; ANKLE; BONE fractures; BONES
- Publication
Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 2005, Vol 42, Issue 6, p809
- ISSN
0748-7711
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1682/JRRD.2004.08.0094