Table 2.
T2 Map GLCM Texture Differences Between ACLR Subjects and Uninjured Controls
| ROI | Pre ACL-Reconstruction | |||||
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| Texture Feature | Direction | Pixel Offset | ACLR Versus Controls | % Difference | p-Value | |
| cMFC | Contrast | ↔ | 3 | > | 36 | 0.036* |
| Correlation | ↕ | 3 | > | 28 | 0.042 | |
| cMTP | Correlation | ↕ | 1 | < | 59 | 0.011* |
| Correlation | ↔ | 3 | < | 35 | 0.009 | |
| Correlation | ↔ | 5 | < | 45 | 0.006 | |
| Homogeneity | ↕ | 3 | > | 17 | 0.034 | |
| Energy | ↕ | 1 | > | 81 | 0.030* | |
| Energy | ↔ | 1 | > | 38 | 0.043* | |
↕, ↔ Feature measured perpendicular, parallel to the bone cartilage interface.
*
Statistical significance assessed with non-parametric Mann Whitney U Tests. All other p values assessed with two-tailed t-tests.