Retrospective Study from a Single Center in Poland of Postoperative Outcomes of Muscle Strength in Patients After Surgical Suturing of the Achilles Tendon Using a Kessler’s Suture and 28 Weeks of Supervised Postoperative Physiotherapy

Łukasz Sikorski; Andrzej Czamara

doi:10.12659/MSM.938267

27 October 2022: Clinical Research

Retrospective Study from a Single Center in Poland of Postoperative Outcomes of Muscle Strength in Patients After Surgical Suturing of the Achilles Tendon Using a Kessler’s Suture and 28 Weeks of Supervised Postoperative Physiotherapy

Łukasz Sikorski ^1BCDEF* , Andrzej Czamara ^12ABDEG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938267

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938267

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Table 3 Comparison of the intragroup and intergroup values of the relative isometric and peak torque values and their Limb Symmetry Index scores in group A and group B.

		RIT and RPT (N*m/kg) between Group A and B
		FPFM
	Leg	Grupa A (M±SD)	Grupa B (M±SD)	Legp-value*	Groupp-value*	Leg×Groupp-value*	Statistical power analyses
RIT−15°	Involved/right	1.69±0.61	2.39±0.64	0.091	≤	0.275	0.96
	Uninvolved/left	2.05±0.48	2.47±0.52	0.091	≤		0.96
	Differences	0.36±0.42	0.08±0.33		^**		0.95
RIT0°	Involved/right	1.24±0.44	1.86±0.36	0.226	≤	0.202	0.99
	Uninvolved/left	1.46±0.38	1.85±0.38	0.226	≤	0.202	0.99
	Differences	0.22±0.30	−0.01±0.21		^**		0.99
RIT15°	Involved/right	0.74±0.35	1.26±0.29	0.081	≤		0.99
	Uninvolved/left	1.02±0.26	1.22±0.30	0.081	≤		0.99
	Differences	0.28±0.18	−0.04±0.13		≤^**		1.00
RIT30°	Involved/right	0.34±0.21	0.76±0.17	0.085	≤		1.00
	Uninvolved/left	0.54±0.22	0.72±0.18	0.085	≤		1.00
	Differences	0.19±0.13	−0.04±0.10		≤^**		1.00
RPT180°/s	Involved/right	0.53±0.16	0.72±0.32	0.174		0.276	0.44
	Uninvolved/left	0.68±0.16	0.74±0.36	0.174		0.276	0.44
	Differences	0.15±0.16	0.02±0.12		^**		0.99
RPT30 °/s	Involved/right	1.19±0.42	1.28±0.43	0.830		0.830	0.34
	Uninvolved/left	1.46±0.37	1.34±0.44	0.830		0.830	0.34
	Differences	0.28±0.34	0.06±0.25		0.025^**		0.95


					^**
RIT	−15°	82.48±20.03^*		105.34±13.71	≤		1.00
	0°	85.35±22.59		102.39±13.29			0.99
	15°	69.67±21.19		96.58±9.29	≤		1.00
	30°	63.26±25.24		94.81±12.31	≤		1.00
RPT	180°/s	79.53±18.48		102.21±15.9	≤		1.00
RPT	30°/s	81.35±22.13		107.47±21.69			1.00
	^*

				^*	^*	^*
RIT−15°	Involved/right	0.38±0.08	0.42±0.12	0.620	0.684		0.28
	Uninvolved/left	0.44±0.13	0.38±0.08		0.684		0.28
	Differences	0.07±0.10	−0.04±0.11		^**		1.00
RIT0°	Involved/right	0.53±0.11	0.58±0.10	0.123	0.486	0.180	0.34
	Uninvolved/left	0.60±0.12	0.59±0.09	0.123	0.486	0.180	0.34
	Differences	0.07±0.08	0.00±0.08		^**
RIT15°	Involved/right	0.61±0.09	0.63±0.11	0.229	0.940	0.345	0.16
	Uninvolved/left	0.66±0.11	0.64±0.09	0.229	0.940	0.345	0.16
	Differences	0.05±0.07	0.01±0.08		0.087^**		0.79
RIT30°	Involved/right	0.57±0.08	0.63±0.10	0.063		0.356	0.56
	Uninvolved/left	0.62±0.08	0.65±0.09	0.063		0.356	0.56
	Differences	0.06±0.06	0.02±0.07		0.090^**		0.88
RPT180°/s	Involved/right	0.28±0.06	0.33±0.10	0.072	0.843	0.244	0.35
	Uninvolved/left	0.29±0.05	0.33±0.10	0.072	0.843	0.244	0.35
	Differences	0.01±0.05	0.00±0.00		0.496^**		0.18
RPT30 °/s	Involved/right	0.45±0.08	0.51±0.18	0.838	0.191	0.638	0.14
	Uninvolved/left	0.46±0.09	0.49±0.14	0.838	0.191	0.638	0.14
	Differences	0.01±0.06	−0.02±0.08		0.220^**		0.68


					^**
RIT	−15°	89.62 ± 24.68^*		97.50 ± 38.63^*	0.516		0.43
	0°	88.93 ± 12.17		102.02 ± 13.24	0.002		0.99
	15°	93.50 ± 10.22		102.04 ± 12.56	0.024		0.95
	30°	91.34 ± 9.18		103.92 ± 12.38^*	0.001		1.00
RPT	180°/s	97.97 ± 16.43		99.71 ± 13.48	0.716		0.24
RPT	30°/s	99.27 ± 14.30		98.32 ± 12.95	0.826		0.17
M – mean value; SD – standard deviation; – statistical significance level; RIT – relative isometric torque value; RPT – relative peak torque value; LSI – Limb Symmetry Index; FPFM – foot plantar flexor muscles; FDFM – foot dorsiflexor muscles. ≤0.05 is indicated in bold. ^* Two-way ANOVA; ^** test.

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