Rehabilitation Research and Practice / 2021 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Changes to Biceps and Supraspinatus Tendons in Response to a Progressive Maximal Treadmill-Based Propulsion Aerobic Fitness Test in Manual Wheelchair Users: A Quantitative Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Table 3 Summary of biomarkers of tendon integrity for the long head of the biceps and supraspinatus tendons and of the acromiohumeral distance measured before (pre), immediately after (post), and 48 hrs after the wheelchair test.
Pre Post 48 hrs Percentiles Percentiles Percentiles Comparisons Structure Measure 25th 50th (median) 75th 25th 50th (median) 75th 25th 50th (median) 75th valueKhi-Carré Biceps Transverse Thickness 2.817 3.358 4.027 3.06 3.478 4.006 3.337 3.575 4.462 0.247 2.8 Area 20.369 26.384 32.077 21.177 26.764 34.507 25.893 30.952 32.039 0.063 5.538 Echogenicity 59.904 62.844 104.846 57.922 71.742 96.956 50.783 68.179 78.333 0.936 0.133 Skewness 0.354 0.518 0.627 0.16 0.386 0.493 0.263 0.535 0.608 0.819 0.4 Variance 237.82 332.285 560.691 309.479 412.658 512.996 291.032 355.446 460.241 0.807 0.429 Contrast 0.48 0.7 1.412 0.542 0.809 1.587 0.457 0.645 0.991 0.751 0.571 Entropy 5.806 5.988 6.324 6.007 6.154 6.271 5.897 6.042 6.167 0.936 0.133 Longitudinal Thickness 3.312 3.724 4.255 3.264 3.979 4.495 3.445 4.019 4.796 0.189 3.333 Echogenicity 64.663 83.291 92.942 71.665 89.9 93.86 58.273 63.045 88.264 0.247 2.8 Skewness 0.385 0.497 0.705 0.348 0.409 0.762 0.4 0.503 0.826 1 0 Variance 226.077 298.044 374.762 229.233 317.033 436.665 182.577 280.012 404.772 0.807 0.429 Contrast 0.55 0.897 1.247 0.557 1.081 1.422 0.461 0.675 1.117 0.607 1 Entropy 5.828 5.921 6.128 5.725 5.989 6.177 5.603 5.96 6.229 0.627 0.933 Supraspinatus Transverse Thickness 5.399 6.699 7.319 5.75 6.561 7.468 5.689 6.546 7.128 0.247 2.8 Echogenicity 63.892 72.676 78.858 56.816 64.838 71.624 59.606 67.731 71.066 0.344 2.133 Skewness 0.308 0.748 0.875 0.4 0.489 0.841 0.301 0.632 0.694 0.627 0.933 Variance 524.367 570.404 873.071 435.754 551.808 704.346 424.84 576.67 749.165 0.247 2.8 Contrast 0.532 0.673 0.863 0.524 0.613 0.696 0.564 0.612 0.678 0.395 1.857 Entropy 6.277 6.383 6.6 6.199 6.31 6.42 6.191 6.4 6.478 0.42 1.733 Longitudinal Thickness 3.17 4.54 7.063 3.047 4.216 6.537 3.339 4.772 6.505 0.085 4.933 Echogenicity 41.174 49.502 55.095 41.252 50.625 68.397 46.578 56.56 69.437 0.247 2.8 Skewness 0.553 0.755 0.861 0.439 0.626 0.816 0.412 0.575 0.724 0.168 3.571 Variance 358.921 568.832 695.991 371.866 515.437 732.862 504.097 677.26 911.744 0.223 3 Contrast 0.301 0.457 0.656 0.361 0.5 0.696 0.388 0.552 0.743 0.344 2.133 Entropy 6.048 6.366 6.493 6.101 6.335 6.589 6.225 6.507 6.657 0.344 2.133 Acromiohumeral Distance Transverse 1.013 1.073 1.1 1.01 1.103 1.167 0.91 1.05 1.173 0.284 2.517