Table 3.

Region of interest (ROI)-based diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analyses

					1-Way ANOVA (P)	Post-hoc tests^
	ROItear	ROIhc_t	ROIhi	ROIhc_i		ROItear vs. ROIhc_t	ROItear vs. ROIhi	ROItear vs. ROIhc_i	ROIhc_t vs. ROIhi	ROIhc_t vs. ROIhc_i	ROIhi vs. ROIhc_i
trn	972 ± 997	1,633 ± 1317	1,002 ± 669	893 ± 661	0.182	-	-	-	-	-	-
trl (mm)	37.30 ± 22	54.15 ± 24.83	48.08 ± 23.1	44.10 ± 23.7	0.043	0.065	0.596	1.000	1.000	0.366	1.000
trv (mm3)	14,530 ± 13,925	22,424 ± 12,960	14,371 ± 10,191	13,482 ± 11,349	0.102	-	-	-	-	-	-
FA	0.18 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.04	0.22 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.04	0.008	0.018	0.015	0.098	0.454	1.000	1.000
MD (10-3mm2/s)	1.44 ± 0.11	1.31 ± 0.07	1.33 ± 0.13	1.28 ± 0.1	0.002	0.003	0.084	0.002	1.000	1.000	1.000
AD	1.8 ± 0.15	1.7 ± 0.15	1.7 ± 0.18	1.65 ± 0.17	0.001	0.007	0.336	0.007	1.000	0.784	0.282
RD	1.27 ± 0.12	1.12 ± 0.07	1.14 ± 0.13	1.10 ± 0.08	0.003	0.005	0.047	0.003	1.000	1.000	1.000

Comparison between the muscle tear and the healthy contralateral and ipsilateral muscle areas

tr_n number of tracks, tr_l length of tracks, tr_v volume of tracks, FA fractional anisotropy, MD mean diffusivity, AD axial diffusivity, RD radial diffusivity

ROI_tear region of interest drawn on the muscle tear, ROI_{hc_t} ROI drawn on the on the corresponding healthy contralateral muscle, ROI_hi ROI drawn on a healthy area ipsilateral to the injury, ROI_{hc_i} ROI drawn on an area matching the ROI_hi on the contralateral limb, ^ Greenhouse Geisser

Bold type indicates statistically significant values (p<0.05)