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Table 2 Post hoc pairwise comparisons of tendon & graft construct dimensions

From: A biomechanical comparison of all-inside cruciate ligament graft preparation techniques

Parameter

Graft type

Quad-A

Quad-B

Tripled

Folded

Two-Doubled

Tendon length

Quad-A

 

> 0.999

> 0.999

< 0.001

< 0.001

Quad-B

> 0.999

 

> 0.999

< 0.001

< 0.001

Tripled

> 0.999

> 0.999

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

Folded

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

Two-Doubled

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

Tendon width

Quad-A

 

0.373

0.132

0.006

0.018

Quad-B

0.373

 

> 0.999

> 0.999

> 0.999

Tripled

0.132

> 0.999

 

> 0.999

> 0.999

Folded

0.006

> 0.999

> 0.999

 

> 0.999

Two-Doubled

0.018

> 0.999

> 0.999

> 0.999

 

Graft construct length

Quad-A

 

0.439

0.002

< 0.001

> 0.999

Quad-B

0.439

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.008

Tripled

0.002

< 0.001

 

> 0.999

0.132

Folded

< 0.001

< 0.001

> 0.999

 

0.003

Two-Doubled

> 0.999

0.008

0.132

0.003

 

Graft construct width

Quad-A

 

> 0.999

0.990

< 0.001

0.747

Quad-B

> 0.999

 

0.106

< 0.001

> 0.999

Tripled

0.990

0.106

 

0.004

0.010

Folded

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.004

 

< 0.001

Two-Doubled

0.747

> 0.999

0.010

< 0.001

 
  1. All data reported as p-values. Statistical significance was set at the 0.05 level