TABLE 1.
Anthropometric characteristics, training status, and degree of patellar tendon symptoms.
| Tendinopathy | Controls | t-Value(16) | Difference BCa 95% CI | P-Value | d-Value | |
| Age (years) | 23.7 ± 1.00 | 25.0 ± 0.66 | 1.64 | [−0.17, 2.45] | 0.119 | 0.40 |
| Body mass (kg) | 76.9 ± 3.3 | 74.9 ± 3.3 | −1.99 | [−4.65, 0.18] | 0.063 | 0.44 |
| Body height (cm) | 179.3 ± 2.10 | 178.9 ± 2.41 | −1.89 | [−4.03, 3.84] | 0.925 | 0.05 |
| BMI (kg⋅m–2) | 23.2 ± 0.69 | 23.8 ± 0.80 | −0.10 | [−1.56, 0.17] | 0.076 | 0.34 |
| Training experience (years)# | 8.9 ± 1.27 | 9.6 ± 1.57 | 1.83 | [0.32, 3.86] | 0.091 | 0.44 |
| Training (hours/week)# | 7.4 ± 1.00 | 5.6 ± 0.82 | −1.17 | [−2.38, 0.38] | 0.265 | 0.28 |
| Symptom duration (months) | 38.3 ± 8.18 | |||||
| VISA-P score | 56.6 ± 3.49 | |||||
| VAS | 7.1 ± 0.40 |
Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. BMI, body mass index; VISA-P, Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Patellar tendon; VAS, visual analog scale for pain; #n = 15 because of two non-athletes in each group. Bias-corrected and accelerated (BCa) 95 percent bootstrap confidence interval.