Posterior tibial slope

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 25 Oct 2023

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Citation:

Sriselvakumar S, Knipe H, Posterior tibial slope. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-157694

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-157694

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/157694

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157694

Article created:

5 Dec 2022, Sajanakan Sriselvakumar ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Sajanakan Sriselvakumar had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

25 Oct 2023, Henry Knipe ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

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Posterior tibial slope (PTS) is the slope of the tibial plateau from anterior to posterior relative to the longitudinal axis of the tibia.

Posterior tibial slope can affect knee range of motion, flexion gap, knee joint stability, ACL ligament stability and posterior femoral rollback ^1,2. Measurement and usage of this angle has important role in total knee replacement, high tibial osteotomy, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ³.

Measurement

It is measured by drawing two lines both tangential of posterior tibial cortex and tibial plateau. The angle between the two lines is the posterior tibial slope ¹.