Inner Synovial Membrane Footprint of the Anterior Elbow Capsule: An Arthroscopic Boundary

Table 5

The edges of the internal capsular insertion.

	Mean	Median	SD	Range	value
Distance from ME to medial edge of capsule along TEL (mm)
Male	23.8	23.7	3.8	18.3–31.7	0.771
Female	22.5	23.6	4.5	16.0–28.0
Right	23.6	23.4	4.5	16.0–31.7	0.652
Left	22.8	23.9	3.8	16.0–28.0
Total	23.2	23.7	4.1	16.0–31.7
Proportion of TEL from ME to capsule along TEL (%)
Male	33.6	34.2	4.2	26.8–38.9	0.381
Female	36.4	37.7	7.3	27.1–47.6
Right	35.1	36.4	6	27.1–44.2	0.699
Left	34.6	34.2	5.9	26.8–47.6
Total	34.8	34.5	5.8	26.8–47.6
LE to Lateral edge of capsule along TEL (mm)
Male	6.7	6.5	3.7	1.2–12.0	0.872
Female	6.4	6.3	2.2	3.6–10.6
Right	6.9	6.9	3.4	1.2–12.0	0.699
Left	6.2	6.1	2.8	1.9–11.0
Total	6.5	6.3	3.1	1.2–12.0
Proportion of TEL from LE to lateral edge of capsule along TEL (%)
Male	9.3	9.2	5.2	1.8–17.5	0.628
Female	10.3	10.1	3.4	6.0–16.7
Right	10.1	9.6	4.9	1.8–17.5	0.797
Left	9.4	9.8	4	2.9–15.8
Total	9.8	9.7	4.4	1.8–17.5

TEL: transepicondylar line; ME: medial epicondyle; LE: lateral epicondyle.