Table 1.

Area, percent relaxation and collagen angular deviation of the time matched control and detached infraspinatus tendon at all time points (mean ± SD). Comparisons are between detached tendons and time matched controls

	4 wk control	4 wk detach	p-value	8 wk control	8 wk detach	p-value	16 wk control	16 wk detach	p-value
Area (mm2)	3.3 ± 0.3	4.3 ± 1.0	0.009	2.9 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.4	< 0.001	2.9 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.7	< 0.001
%Relax (%)	71 ± 4	74 ± 8	0.2	65 ± 5	75 ± 5	< 0.001	60 ± 3	74 ± 4	< 0.001
Angular deviation	10.8 ± 3.1	36.5 ± 13.1	0.01	8.6 ± 5.0	26.9 ± 10.6	0.008	5.3 ± 2.8	22.7 ± 10.7	0.004