Table 4.

Showing statistical analysis of the proportional change in tendon cross sectional area (P.T-CSA) overtime relative to T0 across the treatment groups

Evaluation times	Group
	Control	PRF	PRF/ACS
T0/T0	1.00 b	1.00 c	1.00 e
T7/T0	1.05 ± 0.01 b	1.12 ± 0.02 b*	1.17 ± 0.01 bc*
T14/T0	1.17 ± 0.02 a	1.13 ± 0.02 b	1.14 ± 0.01 cd
T30/T0	0.96 ± 0.01 b	1.24 ± 0.02 a*	1.12 ± 0.01 d*#
T60/T0	0.66 ± 0.01 d	1.04 ± 0.02 c*	1.19 ± 0.01 b*#
T90/T0	0.92 ± 0.01 b	0.80 ± 0.02 d*	1.33 ± 0.01 a*#
T150/T0	0.73 ± 0.01 c	0.99 ± 0.006 c*	0.69 ± 0.001 f #

Times with different superscript letters ( a, b, c, d, e,f ) are significantly different at p < 0.05

^* there is a significant difference compared to the control group in the same time at p < 0.05

^# there is a significant difference compared to the PRF group in the same time at p < 0.05