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. 2012 Aug 31;7(8):e44348. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044348

Table 2. Comparison of the maximum and mean value of Elastic modulus of RF and PT when different ROI’s size was used.

Maximum value Mean value
Mean ± SD (kPa) p-value Mean ± SD (kPa) p-value
8 mm 10 mm 12 mm 8 mm 10 mm 12 mm
Muscle 25.92±9.22 30.22±14.21 36.68±18.86 <0.05 12.78±3.53 12.71±3.40 12.68±3.55 0.92
2 mm 3 mm 4 mm 2 mm 3 mm 4 mm
Tendon 86.67±43.58 92.20±42.35 97.18±43.53 <0.05 72.48±36.45 69.98±33.58 70.00±32.11 0.47