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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2022 Jun 28;33(1):720–729. doi: 10.1007/s00330-022-08957-3

Table 3.

Shear wave speed (m/s) least square means [95% confidence intervals] by limb and tendon region

Tendon region	Limb	Least square mean estimate^† [95% CI]	Estimate difference [standard error]	p value

Free tendon	Contralateral	11.53 [10.99, 12.07]	0.56 [0.19]	0.03*
	Symptomatic	10.97 [10.43, 11.51]
Soleus aponerosis	Contralateral	9.86 [9.36, 10.37]	−0.27 [0.11]	0.13
	Symptomatic	10.13 [9.62, 10.63]
Gastrocnemius aponeurosis	Contralateral	4.57 [4.03, 5.11]	0.04 [0.19]	0.99
Gastrocnemius aponeurosis	Symptomatic	4.52 [3.98, 5.06]

^†

Estimate difference is defined as contralateral–symptomatic