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 12ABDEGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.938267
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938267
Table 5 Comparison of the intragroup and intergroup values corresponding to total range of motion in the sagittal plane, circumference of ankle joint, shin pain, and Thompson and Matles test results.
Tested parameters | Leg | Group | Legp-value* | Groupp-value* | Leg×Groupp-value* | Statistical power analyses | |
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A (M±SD) | B (M±SD) | ||||||
Total ROMSP of the ankle joint (°) | Involved/right legs | 60.78±9.30 | 67.33±7.74 | 0.078 | 0.114 | 0.58 | |
Uninvolved/left legs | 67.65±6.27 | 66.64±7.40 | |||||
Differences | 6.88±6.92 | −0.69±3.67 | ** | 1.00 | |||
Circumference of ankle joint (cm) | Involved/right legs | 28.03±2.59 | 27.03±2.76 | 0.775 | 0.194 | 0.744 | 0.16 |
Uninvolved/left legs | 27.65±2.87 | 27.05±2.72 | |||||
Differences | −0.37±0.48 | 0.03±0.11 | ** | 1.00 | |||
Circumference of shin (cm) | Involved/right legs | 37.80±3.03 | 39.03±4.34 | 0.577 | 0.499 | 0.445 | 0.12 |
Uninvolved/left legs | 38.93±3.30 | 38.85±4.31 | |||||
Differences | 1.13±0.99 | −0.17±0.54 | ** | 1.00 | |||
Pain in VAS | Involved/right legs | 0.00±0.00 | 0.00±0.00 | – | |||
Uninvolved/left legs | 0.00±0.00 | 0.00±0.00 | – | ||||
Negative Thompson’s test results | Involved/right legs | 20 | 20 | – | |||
Uninvolved/left legs | 20 | 20 | – | ||||
Negative Matles test results | Involved/right legs | 20 | 20 | – | |||
Uninvolved/left legs | 20 | 20 | – | ||||
M – mean value; SD – standard deviation; – statistical significance level; Total ROMSP – total range of motion in sagittal plane; VAS – visual analogue scale. Group I: after surgical suturing of Achilles tendon; Group II: control. ≤0.05 is indicated in bold. * Two-way ANOVA; ** test. |