Is There a Difference in the Distribution of Mechanoreceptors among the Three Sections of the Anterior Talofibular Ligament?
- Abstract
- Background: We investigated whether the distribution of mechanoreceptors in three sections of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) differed.
Methods: The ATFL was obtained from 29 ankles of 21 fresh-frozen cadavers and divided into fibular attachment, mid-ligament, and talar attachment parts. Histologically, mechanoreceptors were classified as Ruffini (type I), Vater-Pacini (type II), Golgi-Mazzoni (type III), and free nerve ending corpuscles (type IV); the presence of these mechanoreceptors was compared among the three ATFL sections.
Results: Type I mechanoreceptors were significantly more numerous than the other receptor types. Comparing the three sections of the ATFL, the number of type I mechanoreceptors differed significantly between the mid-ligament and fibular attachment (p = 0.006), while the number of type III mechanoreceptors differed significantly between the talar and fibular attachments (p = 0.005) and between the mid-ligament and talar attachment (p = 0.011).
Conclusions: The four types of mechanoreceptors were distributed differently among the three sections of the ATFL. Type I mechanoreceptors were more numerous in all sections compared to the other receptors.
- All Author(s)
- Youngkoo Lee
; Wonseok Park
; Hyerim Lee
; Youngsuk Choi
; Sunghwan Kim
; Euidong Yeo
; Hongseop Lee
; Kijin Jung
; Byungryul Lee
; Myoungjin Lee
; Woojong Kim
- Issued Date
- 2023
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- ankle; anterior inferior talofibular ligament; distribution; mechanoreceptor
- Publisher
- Lietuvos gydytojų sąjunga
Kauno medicinos universitetas
Vilniaus Universitetas
- ISSN
- 1010-660X
; 1648-9144
- Citation Title
- Medicina
- Citation Volume
- 59
- Citation Number
- 9
- Citation Start Page
- 1510
- Language(ISO)
- eng
- DOI
- 10.3390/medicina59091510
- URI
- http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/1275
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