Table 2. Injured and uninjured cross-sectional area of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle middle belly. Data are means (±SD).

 

TOTAL AREA

INJURED AREA

 

UNINJURED AREA

 

 

(mm2)

(mm2)

(%)

(mm2)

(%)

Injury + Cryotherapy

39.1 (6.0)

11.5 (2.2)

29.8 (6.6) †

25.6 (7.4)

70.2 (6.6)

Injury + Compression

42.3 (1.9)

16.6 (1.2)

39.2 (2.9)

25.7 (1.9)

60.8 (2.9)

Injury

33.2 (1.4)

13.9 (1.6)

41.7 (4.0)

19.3 (1.3)

58.2 (4.0)

Cryotherapy

29.6 (3.6)

0

0

29.6 (3.6)

100

† p = 0.0008 compared with the Injury group and p = 0.003 compared with Injury + ompression group.