. 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

Table 2. Histology and Immunohistochemistry.

	IM1/ACT5		IM3/ACT3		IM6/ACT0
	R	NR	R	NR	R	NR
Cellularity	2.75 (1.00)	2 (0.25)	2.25 (1.63)	2.00 (0.50)	2 (0.75)	2.00 (1.00)
Cell Shape	2.75 (1.13)	2 (1.13)	2.00 (0.75)	2.00 (0.75)	2 (1.25)	2.00 (0.00)
Col1:3 Ratio	0.57 ± 0.27^b,e	0.91 ± 0.13^a	0.90 ± 0.29	0.71 ± 0.22	0.98 ± 0.14^b	0.89 ± 0.09
Length	7.97 ± 1.78^b	10.26 ±1.34^a	8.92 ± 1.04	9.46 ± 1.17	6.95 ± 1.19^f	9.54 ± 0.97^e

^{*a, b, c, d,e,f}

denote significant differences between (a) IM1/ACT5 repaired tendons, (b) IM1/ACT5 non-repaired tendons, (c) IM3/ACT3 repaired tendons, (d) IM3/ACT3 non-repaired tendons, (e) IM6/ACT0 repaired tendons, and (f) IM6/ACT0 non-repaired tendons after Bonferroni correction.

For the col1:3 ratio- p<0.0083

^**

For length- p<0.017