Table 3 Tibial slopes (°) of soccer players, of soccer players with or w/o ACL injury, and of controls according to leg dominance. Data are means (± SD).
Dominant leg
Non-dominant leg
Soccer players (n = 64)
9.59 (2.80)
9.58 (2.70)
Control group (n = 45)
9.42 (2.81)
8.81 (2.92)
Soccer players with ACL injury (n = 10)
12.90 (2.73)
11.25 (3.52) *
Soccer players w/o ACL injury (n = 54)
8.98 (2.39) †
9.27 (2.43)
* p < 0.05 compared with dominant leg
† p < 0.001 compared with soccer players with ACL injury