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Exclusion criteria included moderate\u2010to\u2010severe osteoarthritis (Kellgren\u2010Lawrence grade \u22652), multiligament injuries, and prior knee surgery. Patients were divided into ACL injury and non\u2010ACL injury groups. Computed tomography parameters included notch width index, notch width, notch height, bicondylar width, notch angle, \u03b2 angle, and osteophytes. Reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient. Group comparisons and associations were evaluated using appropriate parametric\/nonparametric tests,\n \u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n tests, and univariate\/multivariable logistic regression, with multicollinearity diagnostics and model performance evaluation (including receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, calibration\/discrimination, incremental value, sensitivity analysis, nomogram construction, decision curve analysis, and SHapley Additive exPlanations analysis).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n In total, 146 patients with activity\u2010related knee discomfort (ACL injury, n\u2009=\u200983; controls, n\u2009=\u200963) were included. Intraobserver and interobserver reliability were excellent (intraclass correlation coefficients 0.95\u20100.98 and 0.98\u20100.99, respectively). Osteophytes (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20097.41; 95% confidence interval, 2.89\u201018.98;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.001), age (OR\u2009=\u20090.940;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.05), notch angle (OR\u2009=\u20090.84;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.001), and \u03b2 angle (OR\u2009=\u20091.15;\n P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n =\u2009.02) were associated with ACL injury. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed the full model, including osteophytes (area under the curve\u2009=\u20090.86), outperformed the model without osteophytes (area under the curve\u2009=\u20090.81). Sex was not associated with osteophyte incidence or notch width index (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009>\u2009.05). Weight, height, notch height, and bicondylar width were not associated with ACL injury (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009>\u2009.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This study showed that specific intercondylar notch morphometric features, particularly osteophytes and notch angle, were strongly associated with ACL injury in this Asian cohort. \u03b2 angle, notch width index, and age were also associated with ACL injury.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n Level III, case\u2010control study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/arj.70383","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,15]],"date-time":"2026-06-15T02:30:19Z","timestamp":1781490619000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Computed Tomography\u2010Based Morphometric Analysis Reveals Intercondylar Notch Stenosis and Osteophytes Are Associated With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Xiaozhong","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Clinical Medical College Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"WenMing","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Clinical Medical College Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tongyue","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Clinical Medical College Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Su","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Clinical Medical College Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heng","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The First Clinical Medical College Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xue","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Shu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine Nanjing China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5715-1035","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luning","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","first-page":"917","article-title":"Anterior cruciate ligament injury: Diagnosis, management, and prevention","volume":"82","author":"Cimino F","year":"2010","journal-title":"Am Fam Physician."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"299","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546505284183","article-title":"Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: Part 1, mechanisms and risk factors","volume":"34","author":"Hewett TE","year":"2006","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"705","DOI":"10.1007\/s00167-009-0813-1","article-title":"Prevention of non\u2010contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. 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