Table 1.

Area measurements

	Group 1 (cm2)—study group		Group 2 (cm2)—control group
	Right area	Left area	Right area	Left area
Pt 1 pre	20.22	22.43	23.60	23.46
4 day-post	22.46	25.18	29.01	29.12
Pt 2 pre	18.00	18.50	17.80	16.93
4 day-post	19.08	19.62	22.67	22.51
Pt 3 pre	23.09	22.50	16.30	17.12
4 day-post	26.44	27.01	21.76	21.89
Pt 4 pre	21.90	19.82	19.41	19.28
4 day-post	24.07	23.86	23.65	23.61
Pt 5 pre	20.76	21.55	24.12	23.89
4 day-post	23.08	24.12	29.33	29.18
Pt 6 pre	25.02	24.81	21.78	22.14
4 day-post	26.98	26.88	26.88	27.01
Pt 7 pre	17.89	18.33	16.15	16.77
4 day-post	22.32	23.16	18.82	18.84
Pt 8 pre	16.67	16.52	16.72	17.04
4 day-post	21.73	21.13	21.87	22.13
Pt 9 pre	19.58	19.36	21.82	21.53
4 day-post	22.41	22.77	26.08	26.06
Pt 10 pre	21.76	20.53	23.71	24.02
4 day-post	22.98	22.51	28.43	28.58
Pt 11 pre	21.30	20.78	16.44	16.12
4 day-post	23.80	23.41	20.84	20.86
Pt 12 pre	20.82	19.89	18.30	17.91
4 day-post	23.09	23.01	23.56	23.06