. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Oct 15;29(1):82–88. doi: 10.1111/sms.13310

Table 3.

Histologic changes in 18 tendons (6 from each group) averaged between three blinded and independent observers on a 0-3 Scale. (Mean ± Standard Deviation)

Group	Cell Density	Fiber Arrangement	Angiogenesis	Nuclear Rounding
CON	0.5 ± 0.38	0.33 ± 0.25	0.17 ± 0.16	0.68 ± 0.37
CAR	2.0 ± 0.67^*	2.0 ± 0.30^*	0.92 ± 0.38^*	2.10 ± 0.50^*
IL1-RA	1.08 ± 0.60^#	0.83 ± 0.41^#	0.33 ± 0.20	1.26 ± 0.52^#

Significant difference relative to CON (P<0.05).

Significant difference relative to CAR (P<0.05).