Evaluation of the Efficacy of Prolotherapy in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis Using Shear-Wave Elastography

21 March 2026 : Clinical Research

Mehmet Boz^{ABCDEFG 1*}, Mehmet Akçiçek^{ABCDEFG 2}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951728

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951728

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Table 3 Comparison of thickness values by sex.

		All participants	Sex		P
		All participants	Female (n=15)	Male (n=21)	P
Thickness 1	Mean±SD	0.45±0.06	0.40±0.03	0.49±0.04	0.001^a
Thickness 1	Median (Min–Max)	0.4 (0.3–0.6)	0.4 (0.3–0.4)	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.001^a
Thickness 2	Mean±SD	0.48±0.06	0.42±0.03	0.52±0.04	0.001^a
Thickness 2	Median (Min–Max)	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.4 (0.4–0.5)	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.001^a
Difference Δ	Mean±SD	0.03±0.03	0.03±0.01	0.03±0.03	0.751^c
Difference Δ		e0.001^**	0.001^e	0.001^e	0.751^c
^a Test; ^c Mann-Whitney U Test; ^e Paired Samples -Test. SD – standard deviation; Min – minimum; Max – maximum. ^**

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