Ultrasound values for thickness (in mm) of cartilage and capsule
| Joint cartilage | Joint capsule | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epitrochlea | Epicondyle | Olecranon | Anteromedial | Anterolateral | |||||||||||
| Non-dominant | Dominant | p Value | Non-dominant | Dominant | p Value | Non-dominant | Dominant | p Value | Non-dominant | Dominant | p Value | Non-dominant | Dominant | p Value | |
| Values are mean (SD). The p value is the significance level of the test performed. With a 95% confidence interval, we consider that the result is significant if p<0.05. | |||||||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | 1.21 (0.22) | 1.39 (0.38) | 0.97 | 1.19 (0.27) | 1.37 (0.39) | 0.91 | 1.21 (0.30) | 1.24 (0.30) | 0.54 | 3.86 (0.79) | 3.34 (0.67) | 0.46 | 4.39 (1.06) | 3.94 (1.10) | 0.94 |
| Controls | 1.23 (0.26) | 1.32 (0.25) | 0.75 | 1.28 (0.29) | 1.23 (0.31) | 0.54 | 1.30 (0.16) | 1.31 (0.22) | 0.36 | 2.86 (0.94) | 2.93 (1.25) | 0.99 | 2.87 (1.27) | 3.37 (1.37) | 0.85 |
| Comparison between goalkeepers and controls | p=0.53 | p=0.69 | p=0.88 | p=0.87 | p=0.82 | p=0.75 | p=0.86 | p=0.83 | p=0.95 | p=0.89 | |||||