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
(mm
2
)
(mm
2
)
(%)
(mm
2
)
(%)
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.