Direct Radiofrequency Application Improves Pain and Gait in Collagenase-Induced Acute Achilles Tendon Injury

Table 1

Results of end-point gait cycle analysis on day 15.

	Normal	Non-RF	RF	Normal versus Non-RF	Normal versus RF	Non-RF versus; RF
Stance phase (ms)	235.15±36.26	191.83±29.83	194.44±49.08	NS	NS	NS
Step length (mm)	83.9327±6.66	95.60±6.63	86.23±7.11	**	NS	*
Intermediary toe-spread (mm)	9.81±1.41	8.32±0.90	9.84±0.98	*	NS	*
Preswing (°)	113.39±8.13	99.60±10.73	105.65±8.50	*	NS	NS

ms: millisecond, mm: millimeter; ∘range of motion angle; NS: not significant.
^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.001. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.