Research Article
Distal Insertional Footprint of the Brachialis Muscle: 3D Morphometric Study
Table 1
Comparison of the brachialis distal footprint dimensions among different studies.
| | Study | Brachialis length (mm) | Brachialis width (mm) | Footprint area (mm2) | Number of specimens and gender/side | Mean age (years) | Data acquisition & analysis |
| | Cage et al. [8] | 26.3 (range 17.6–33.9) | 10.3 (range 3.3–21.3), proximally
4 (range 1.5–6.9), distally | N/A | 20: 10 males, 8 females, 2 unknown
20: 8 right, 12 left | 76 | Digital calipers and computer software |
| | Leonello et al. [1] | 44 (range 28–53) | N/A | N/A | 11: not specified | N/A | N/A |
| | Ma and Chang [10] | 21.79 ± 2.70 | 4.11 ± 1.12 | N/A | 8: not specified | 67.8 | Vernier calipers |
| | Current study | 33.3 ± 3.7 | 9.6 ± 2.3 | 224.5 ± 67.1 | 23: 11 males, 12 females | 81.3 | 3-dimensional digitizer and computer software |
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N/A = not available.
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