TABLE 3.

Involved limb comparisons of superficial and deep layer T2 relaxation times between groups

		RTS-HQ (n=14)	RTS-LQ (n=13)	p-value	Effect size (Cohen’s D)	95% CI, [lower, upper bound]
	Superficial Anterior	34.3 ± 4.9	40.0 ± 5.2	0.007*	1.1	1.68, 9.71
	Deep Anterior	29.6 ± 5.4	35.9 ± 5.8	0.008*	1.1	1.78, 10.89
LFC	Superficial Middle	38.5 ± 5.8	37.8 ± 5.9	0.77	−0.12	−5.31, 3.96
	Deep Middle	30.8 ± 5.6	30.7 ± 5.4	0.97	−0.02	−4.46, 4.28
	Superficial Posterior	41.1 ± 4.9	38.6 ± 4.9	0.20	−0.51	−6.41, 1.38
	Deep Posterior	35.1 ± 4.4	33.0 ± 4.2	0.21	−0.50	−5.53, 1.27
	Superficial Anterior	37.1 ± 6.4	33.5 ± 3.6	0.08	−0.71	−7.74, 0.53
	Deep Anterior	28.7 ± 6.0	25.3 ± 6.7	0.19	−0.53	−8.67, 1.79
LTP	Superficial Middle	31.7 ± 2.5	32.1 ± 2.6	0.68	0.16	−1.65, 2.48
	Deep Middle	25.0 ± 2.7	24.0 ± 4.7	0.53	−0.25	−4.15, 2.18
	Superficial Posterior	38.4 ± 6.1	38.6 ± 6.8	0.91	0.04	−4.86, 5.42
	Deep Posterior	34.5 ± 4.9	34.6 ± 6.6	0.97	0.02	−4.52, 4.71
	Superficial Anterior	37.4 ± 9.0	38.9 ± 12.5	0.73	0.14	−7.18, 10.18
	Deep Anterior	32.0 ± 6.2	32.9 ± 6.1	0.71	0.15	−4.16, 6.02
MFC	Superficial Middle	39.4 ± 11.5	39.0 ± 7.6	0.91	−0.05	−8.70, 7.78
	Deep Middle	27.8 ± 5.6	27.8 ± 4.4	0.99	0.00	−4.24, 4.26
	Superficial Posterior	39.0 ± 5.5	35.1 ± 4.5	0.055†	−0.79	−8.01, 0.10
	Deep Posterior	32.4 ± 5.6	28.6 ± 5.0	0.09	−0.69	−8.02, 0.61
	Superficial Anterior	47.1 ± 18.1	38.3 ± 11.1	0.14	−0.59	−20.58, 3.07
	Deep Anterior	33.9 ± 7.0	35.3 ± 10.4	0.67	0.17	−5.60, 8.53
MTP	Superficial Middle	48.6 ± 16.2	41.5 ± 7.7	0.17	−0.56	−17.41, 3.31
	Deep Middle	31.7 ± 5.5	31.6 ± 7.1	0.97	−0.02	−5.42, 5.19
	Superficial Posterior	34.8 ± 4.2	37.1 ± 7.4	0.35	0.38	−2.62, 7.18
	Deep Posterior	32.0 ± 5.3	35.2 ± 6.9	0.19	0.52	−1.76, 8.20

LFC, lateral femoral condyle; LTP, lateral tibial plateau; MFC, medial femoral condyle; MTP, medial tibial plateau

^aAll values are in milliseconds (mean ± standard deviation)

^*Indicates Holm-corrected p value <0.05;

^†Indicates trend