Does extracorporeal shockwave therapy treat leg length discrepancy? an experimental animal study

Table 1 The markers of the Sham, 0.1 mJ/mm², 0.25 mJ/mm² and 0.5 mJ/mm² groups on epiphyseal growth plate of left rat knee

IL-1β	7 week	P-value*	13 week	P-value	25 week	P-value
Sham	11.053		8.403		11.41
0.1	19.19979	< 0.001	12.45667	< 0.001	14.95063	< 0.05
0.25	18.44438	< 0.001	12.28875	< 0.001	15.46125	< 0.001
0.5	16.07979	< 0.001	12.38521	< 0.05	14.3775	< 0.001
TUNEL	7 week	P-value	13 week	P-value	25 week	P-value
Sham	undetectable	None	undetectable	None	undetectable	None
0.1	undetectable	None	undetectable	None	undetectable	None
0.25	undetectable	None	undetectable	None	undetectable	None
0.5	undetectable	None	undetectable	None	undetectable	None
SOX9	7 week	P-value	13 week	P-value	25 week	P-value
Sham	14.537		14.589		11.144
0.1	17.38083	< 0.01	18.32188	< 0.001	14.25625	> 0.05
0.25	18.70688	< 0.001	19.46354	< 0.001	14.74688	< 0.05
0.5	17.32229	< 0.05	13.84354	> 0.05	15.43042	< 0.001
BMP2	7 week	P-value	13 week	P-value	25 week	P-value
Sham	4.1325		15.5535		11.2075
0.1	5.955	< 0.05	20.99	< 0.05	16.62333	< 0.001
0.25	6.854375	< 0.001	17.17	> 0.05	17.48125	< 0.001
0.5	12.29313	< 0.001	18.748	> 0.05	16.80833	< 0.001
BMP4	7 week	P-value	13 week	P-value	25 week	P-value
Sham	11.6065		13.6295		8.4745
0.1	16.26	< 0.01	17.15429	< 0.001	11.48813	< 0.05
0.25	18.22625	< 0.001	17.32521	< 0.001	12.18938	< 0.05
0.5	17.52792	< 0.001	16.16729	> 0.05	10.25229	> 0.05

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