Table 9.
Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient Matrix between the MyotonPRO Biomechanical Parameters Using Parameter Averages in all Study Patients (Combined Sclerotic cGVHD and Post-Transplant Control) for Averages across All Sites (n = 24) and Averages Across Supine Sites (n = 26)
| Averages Across All Sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Relaxation Time | Stiffness | Creep | Decrement | |
| Frequency | 1 | –0.94 | 0.95 | –0.86 | –0.28 |
| Relaxation time | –0.94 | 1 | –0.93 | 0.94 | 0.41 |
| Stiffness | 0.95 | –0.93 | 1 | –0.82 | –0.22 |
| Creep | –0.86 | 0.94 | –0.82 | 1 | 0.54 |
| Decrement | –0.28 | 0.41 | –0.22 | 0.54 | 1 |
| Averages Across Supine Sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Relaxation Time | Stiffness | Creep | Decrement | |
| Frequency | 1 | –0.94 | 0.95 | –0.87 | –0.10 |
| Relaxation time | –0.94 | 1 | –0.94 | 0.94 | 0.15 |
| Stiffness | 0.95 | –0.94 | 1 | –0.87 | –0.04 |
| Creep | –0.87 | 0.94 | –0.87 | 1 | 0.32 |
| Decrement | –0.10 | 0.15 | –0.04 | 0.32 | 1 |
Abbreviation: cGVHD, chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Higher absolute values of Spearman’s correlation coefficient represent a greater correlation between the two parameters.