Table 2.

Histopathology scores of patellar tendon sections. Values represent the mean scores of 3 graders across 12 regions of interest per tendon. There were no significant differences in histopathology scores between groups (mean ± SD).

	CON	MIN	p value
Fiber Arrangement	1.07 ± 0.17	1.12 ± 0.20	0.682
Angiogenesis	0.38 ± 0.27	0.70 ± 0.16	0.051
Nuclear Rounding	1.28 ± 0.22	1.17 ± 0.07	0.322
Cell Density	1.17 ± 0.58	1.68 ± 0.10	0.084
Total Pathology Score	3.89 ± 0.98	4.67 ± 0.43	0.144