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Table 1 Echo shifts from cartilage surface and cartilage-bone interface in the shrinkage and swelling phases

From: Mechanical effects of surgical procedures on osteochondral grafts elucidated by osmotic loading and real-time ultrasound

 

Control

(n = 10)

Group I

(n = 10)

Group II

(n = 10)

Pvalue

Shrinkage phase

    

   Cartilage surface

-82.6 ± 26.1 ns

-77.4 ± 22.7 ns

-70.7 ± 27.8 ns

NS

   Cartilage-bone interface

5.2 ± 24.8 ns

14.2 ± 24.8 ns

22.4 ± 16.6 ns

NS

Swelling phase

    

   Cartilage surface

-9.2 ± 21.5 ns

-2.6 ± 15.0 ns

4.4 ± 9.6 ns

NS

   Cartilage-bone interface

-86.0 ± 18.1 ns

-74.8 ± 12.9 ns

-69.1 ± 19.2 ns

NS

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. P value based on Kruskal-Wallis test. The significance level was set at P < 0.05. NS = not significant.