Table 1.

Distribution of Tendon Pathologic Scores in control and ruptured Achilles tendons

Variable	Control tendon (N = 46)				Ruptured tendon (N = 38)
	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	3
Fiber structure	19	19	4	4	0	1	11	26
Fiber arrangement	19	19	4	4	0	1	11	26
Rounding of the nuclei	19	15	9	3	0	0	4	34
Regional variations in cellularity	23	12	8	3	0	0	9	29
Increased vascularity	26	10	9	1	0	0	6	32
Decreased collagen stainability	15	20	10	1	0	2	12	24
Hyalinization	19	21	5	1	0	5	25	8
GAG content	22	15	8	1	0	7	26	5

^a The worst scoring result was used in each situation.