. 2019 May 15;20(1):205–215. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10240

Table IV.

Maximum tensile strength and tendon gliding distance 4 and 8 weeks following surgery.

		Maximum tensile strength (N)		Tendon gliding distance (mm)

Group	Sample	4th week	8th week	4th week	8th week
Normal	10	84.48±4.34	88.47±5.41	3.30±0.34	3.26±0.45
Model	10	61.55±3.41^a	70.67±4.67^a	1.90±0.27^a	1.86±0.22^a
Negative control-siRNA	10	59.45±3.56^a	69.58±4.42^a	1.94±0.17^a	1.82±0.32^a
Combine	10	60.54±4.21^a	69.77±3.56^a	1.91±0.57^a	1.80±0.38^a
Thermal pretreatment	10	79.05±4.68^a,b	87.34±4.53^b	2.51±0.41^a,b	3.21±0.24^b
Heat shock protein 70-siRNA	10	45.78±4.32^a,b	51.67±3.78^a,b	1.34±0.56^a,b	1.21±0.58^a,b

There were 10 rats in each group, with 5 rats observed 4 weeks following the surgery and 5 rats observed 8 weeks following the surgery. The data were analyzed using repeat measures analysis of variance.

P<0.05 vs. the normal group

P<0.05 vs. the model group. siRNA, small interfering RNA.