Can MRI knee joint measurements predict the population at risk of ACL injury?

Table 2 Comparison of Knee MRI measurement between the cases and controls

	Cases		Controls		p value	Cohen's d effect size
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	p value	Cohen's d effect size
LM posterior horn height	7.06	1.70	6.73	1.14	0.343	–
LM posterior horn length	11.02	2.79	11.41	2.88	0.539	–
LM posterior horn depth	25.64	3.69	23.4	3.25	0.007*	0.632 (0.169–1.092)
LM volume	987.38	350.87	880.75	476.24	0.241	–
MM posterior horn height	7.40	2.15	7.35	1.05	0.904	–
MM posterior horn length	14.97	4.42	17.5	3.55	0.01*	0.620 (0.147–1.088)
MM posterior horn depth	23.59	3.79	22.97	3.21	0.447	–
MM volume	1083.91	755.62	1507.97	511.26	0.007*	0.626 (0.172–1.076)
LFC sphere diameter	36.11	2.8	35.44	3.18	0.320	–
MFC sphere diameter	38.61	3.74	36.22	3.28	0.004*	0.667 (0.212–1.118)
LTP length	41.02	4.41	39.35	4.13	0.089	–
MTP length	49.54	3.69	49.43	6.99	0.935	–
Patella tendon horizontal diameter	27.03	3.08	25.27	3.41	0.018*	0.551 (0.095–1.004)
Patellar tendon vertical diameter	4.65	0.90	4.60	0.81	0.400	–

All measurements are in mm; asterisks indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)
LM lateral meniscus, MM medial meniscus, LFC lateral femoral condyles, MFC medial femoral condyles, LTP lateral tibial plateau, MTP medial tibial plateau

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