Replacement of tibialis cranialis tendon with polyester, silicone-coated artificial tendon preserves biomechanical function in rabbits compared to tendon excision only

Table 2 Statistical results (p-values) from the 2-factor ANOVA with repeated measures for each kinematic variable for knee, ankle, and MTP joints during stance and swing phase of gait

Variable	Gait phase	Normality	Group	Weeks post	GxW	Gait velocity
Knee
Max angle	Stance	NS	NS	0.027	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	< 0.0001	0.0008	NS
Min angle	Stance	Transformed	NS	0.0932	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	< 0.0001	0.0108	NS
Avg angle	Stance	Transformed	NS	0.0809	0.0497	NS
	Swing	Transformed	NS	0.0004	0.0066	NS
ROM	Stance	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	0.0017	NS	NS
Ankle
Max angle	Stance	Transformed	NS	NS	NS	0.0575
	Swing	Transformed	NS	0.0145	NS	NS
Min angle	Stance	NS	NS	0.0012	NS	NS
	Swing	Transformed	NS	< 0.0001	NS	NS
Avg angle	Stance	Transformed	NS	0.0097	NS	NS
	Swing	Transformed	NS	< 0.0001	NS	NS
ROM	Stance	NS	NS	0.0825	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	0.0055	NS	NS
MTP
Max Angle	Stance	NS	NS	0.0005	NS	NS
	Swing	Transformed	NS	< 0.0001	NS	NS
Min Angle	Stance	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	0.0588	NS	NS
Avg Angle	Stance	NS	NS	0.0398	NS	NS
	Swing	NS	NS	< 0.0001	NS	NS
ROM	Stance	NS	NS	0.08	NS	NS
	Swing	Transformed	NS	NS	NS	NS

The normality column indicates whether the data needed to be transformed or not. Group was TE or PET-SI. Weeks post was baseline, 2 or 8-weeks post-surgery. GxW is the group by weeks post-surgery interaction term. Gait velocity was included as a covariate in the model. ROM – range of motion; NS – not significant. p < 0.05 considered significant. p < 0.1 also included.

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