Table 4.
Metabolite levels in the healing tendons comparing the FWB and IMM groups
| Sutured ATR | Mobilized | Immobilized | z | P | % Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M | SD | n | M | SD | ||||
| Glutamate (µM) | 24 | 93.5 | 35.9 | 26 | 73.8 | 34.9 | −2.0 | 0.045 | 27 |
| Pyruvate (µM) | 27 | 91.2 | 27.6 | 28 | 80.6 | 27.5 | −1.3 | n.s. | 13 |
| Lactate (mM) | 27 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.9 | −1.4 | n.s. | 7 |
| Glucose (mM) | 27 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 28 | 2.7 | 0.8 | −1.0 | n.s. | 6 |
| L/P x 1000 | 27 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 28 | 19.1 | 10.9 | −0.2 | n.s. | −8 |
| Glycerol (µM) | 26 | 118 | 118 | 28 | 136 | 219 | −0.7 | n.s. | −12 |
Bold values represent significance at P < 0.05
ATR Achilles tendon rupture, FWB Full weight-bearing and functional mobilization, IMM Immobilization and non-weight-bearing, n.s. non-significant