Table 1.
P Values of the Magnetic Resonance Ultrashort Echo Time-T2* (MR UTE-T2*) Comparisons.
| Results | Compartment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM | TM | FL | TL | Average | |
| UTE-T2* relaxation value | |||||
| N | 10.61 ± 1.72 | 9.74 ± 1.68 | 10.46 ± 1.34 | 10.32 ± 1.77 | 10.28 ± 1.17 |
| TF | 10.19 ± 1.73 | 8.77 ± 0.85 | 10.12 ± 2.35 | 8.69 ± 1.10 | 9.44 ± 1.13 |
| TE | 10.59 ± 1.30 | 9.69 ± 1.01 | 11.01 ± 2.56 | 8.38 ± 0.95 | 9.92 ± 0.81 |
| P value | |||||
| Overall | 0.785 | 0.139 | 0.633 | 0.004 | 0.181 |
| TF vs. N | 0.535 | 0.073 | 0.966 | 0.007 | 0.067 |
| TE vs. N | 0.983 | 0.920 | 0.913 | 0.002 | 0.427 |
| TF vs. TE | 0.567 | 0.104 | 0.807 | 0.601 | 0.314 |
FM = medial femoral condyle; TM = medial tibia; FL = lateral femoral condyle; TL = lateral tibia; average = the tibiofemoral cartilage; N = sham surgery model at 4 weeks; TF = anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) transection model at 4 weeks; TE = ACL transection model at 8 weeks.