Table 2.

Passive muscle excursion and hydroxyproline content of the EDII muscle of rabbit after tenotomy with delayed tendon repair

Time after tenotomy		1 week	2 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	p value
Passive muscle excursion	mm	3.7 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.3
	Ratio	0.97 ± 0.09	0.94 ± 0.16	0.73 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.10	<0.001
Hydroxyproline content	ng/mg	644.27 ± 64.11	684.24 ± 187.93	791.42 ± 152.78	792.10 ± 311.20
	Ratio	1.18 ± 0.22	1.20 ± 0.40	1.71 ± 0.96	1.93 ± 1.10	<0.001

Hydroxyproline was used as a measure of total collagen. Data are expressed as means ± SE and relative to the control values