Table 2. Injured and uninjured cross-sectional area of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle middle belly. Data are means (±SD).
|
TOTAL AREA |
INJURED AREA |
UNINJURED AREA |
|
(mm2) |
(mm2) |
(%) |
(mm2) |
(%) |
Injury + Cryotherapy |
39.1 (6.0) |
11.5 (2.2) |
29.8 (6.6) † |
25.6 (7.4) |
70.2 (6.6) |
Injury + Compression |
42.3 (1.9) |
16.6 (1.2) |
39.2 (2.9) |
25.7 (1.9) |
60.8 (2.9) |
Injury |
33.2 (1.4) |
13.9 (1.6) |
41.7 (4.0) |
19.3 (1.3) |
58.2 (4.0) |
Cryotherapy |
29.6 (3.6) |
0 |
0 |
29.6 (3.6) |
100 |
† p = 0.0008 compared with the Injury group and p = 0.003 compared with Injury + ompression group.