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Table 1 Differences in morphometric measurements between types of the TAT tendon. TAT [mean (SD)]

From: A cadaveric and sonographic study of the morphology of the tibialis anterior tendon – a proposal for a new classification

 

Type I (n = 31) [mm]

Type II (n = 24) [mm]

Type III (n = 11) [mm]

Type IV (n = 2) [mm]

Type V (n = 32) [mm]

p-value

Distances to the origin of the first band

131.31 (27.59)a

129.94 (30.14)a

133.03 (31.41)

143.88 (27.92)

159.79 (38.48)a

0.0034

TA tendon first band width (insertion)

5.10 (1.97)a,b

7.38 (2.09)a,b

5.59 (1.46)b

8.11 (6.05)

10.65 (2.34)b

0.0000

TA tendon first band thickness (insertion)

2.39 (2.01)

2.17 (0.85)a

2.12 (0.95)

2.38 (0.16)

3.24 (1.09)a

0.0325

  1. a, b indicate groups that differ significantly between each other according to the post hoc test