. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Oct;26(10):1313–1319. doi: 10.1002/jor.20652

Table 3.

Total Cell Counts and Percentages of Total Cell Numbers for α-SMA, Mast Cell Markers, and Neuropeptides in the Human Anterior Elbow Capsules

	Total Cells	% SMA	% Chymase	% CGRP
Contracture	475 ± 58	50 ± 2	47 ± 1	49 ± 1
Control	338 ± 36	10 ± 1	10 ± 1	10 ± 1
	p = 0.001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001
	Total Cells	% SMA	% Chymase	% SP
Contracture	484 ± 70	48 ± 1	46 ± 2	47 ± 1
Control	370 ± 13	11 ± 1	10 ± 1	11 ± 1
	p = 0.007	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001
	Total Cells	% SMA	% Tryptase	% SP
Contracture	489 ± 34	46 ± 2	45 ± 2	45 ± 2
Control	369 ± 37	12 ± 1	11 ± 1	11 ± 1
	p = 0.0002	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001
	Total Cells	% SMA	% Tryptase	% CGRP
Contracture	549 ± 40	49 ± 1	47 ± 1	48 ± 2
Control	321 ± 40	11 ± 1	11 ± 1	11 ± 1
	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001

Data are presented as mean ± SD.