Patients with Achilles Tendon Rupture Have a Degenerated Contralateral Achilles Tendon: An Elastography Study

Table 3

Comparisons of morphological variables between the study group and control group.

Third		THK (cm)	Area (cm^2)	ECC
Proximal	Study	0.45±0.09	0.57±0.16	0.95±0.02
	Control	0.41±0.06	0.50±0.12	0.96±0.01
	p value	0.047	0.058	0.132
Middle	Study	0.53±0.13	0.68±0.25	0.93±0.03
	Control	0.45±0.04	0.56±0.10	0.95±0.01
	p value	0.002	0.018	0.001
Distal	Study	0.47±0.09	0.83±0.27	0.97±0.01
	Control	0.39±0.05	0.63±0.11	0.98±0.01
	p value	<0.001	<0.001	0.035