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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2017 Sep;25(9):635–647. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-16-00620

Figure 1. Study Design.

Figure 1

(A) Following exercise training (T), animals had their right Achilles tendon transected and plantaris removed. Injured tendons were either repaired (R) or left non-repaired (NR). Animals then returned to activity after 1-week (IM1/ACT5), 3-weeks (IM3/ACT3), or 6-weeks (IM6/ACT0) of cast immobilization (IM) prior to sacrifice (X) at 6-weeks. (B) An additional cohort of animals was randomized into R and NR groups, immobilized for 1-week (IM1/ACT0), and sacrificed at 1-week post-injury.

Key: R- repaired; NR- not repaired; T- treadmill training; IM- immobilization; CA- cage activity; EX-exercise; X- sacrifice.