Research Article

In Vivo Evaluation of the Position and Orientation of the Geometric Axis of the Tibiotalar Joint

Table 1

A summary of the orientation of the rotational axis measured from previously published data.

Author + published yearSample or subject sizeData typeAngle to the coronal plane (°)Angle to the sagittal plane (°)Angle to the transverse plane (°)

Inman [2]107Direct measurements of cadaver tali
Arndt et al. [14]3In vivo kinematic data54.3 to 73.87.5 to 33.6
Lewis et al. [8]3Kinematic data of cadaver samples18.5 to 24.7–3.4 to 2.4
Sheehan [10]25Dynamic MRI images
Claassen et al. [23]98CT images of cadaver samples
Current study15CT images + in vivo kinematic data4.18