TABLE 7.

Full and partial Spearman correlation coefficients between biomechanical and imaging measures

Measure	Correlation Coefficient			Partial Correlation Coefficient
	Pain free grip strength - BASELINE ®	Pain free grip strength - MAP	Peak RFD	Pain free grip strength - BASELINE ®	Pain free grip strength - MAP	Peak RFD
Ultrasound Thickness	0.14	0.03	−0.09	0.10	0.05	−0.13
Ultrasound Neovascularity	−0.35	−0.32	−0.39	−0.28	−0.32	−0.44
Ultrasound Hypoechogenecity	−0.21	−0.09	−0.15	−0.01	0.09	−0.12
MRI Score	−0.40	−0.41	−0.32	−0.52*	−0.72**	−0.47*

^*P<.05

^**P<.01

Abbreviations: MAP, multi axial profile; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; RFD, rate of force development