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 6 Correlation between the number of postoperative physiotherapy visits in all stages of supervised postoperative physiotherapy after surgical suturing of the Achilles tendon to the obtained relative isometric and peak torque values, total range of motion in sagittal plane values, and circumference of ankle joint and shin values in group A.
| The number of visits in all stages of SVPh | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FPFM | FDFM | ||
| RIT−15° | Involved | r=0.024; =0.919 | |
| Uninvolved | r=0.322; =0.166 | r=−0.352; =0.128 | |
| LSI | r=0.419; =0.066 | r=0.387; =0.092 | |
| RIT0° | Involved | r=−0.299; =0.201 | |
| Uninvolved | |||
| LSI | r=0.129; =0.587 | r=0.242; =0.304 | |
| RIT15° | Involved | r=−0.062; =0.796 | |
| Uninvolved | r=−0.271; =0.248 | ||
| LSI | r=0.327; =0.159 | r=0.301; =0.197 | |
| RIT30° | Involved | r=0.387; =0.092 | r=0.113; =0.635 |
| Uninvolved | r=−0.238; =0.312 | ||
| LSI | r=−0.054; =0.820 | ||
| RPT180 °/s | Involved | r=0.434; =0.056 | r=0.161; =0.497 |
| Uninvolved | r=0.018; =0.940 | r=0.293; =0.210 | |
| LSI | r=−0.078; =0.745 | ||
| RPT30 °/s | Involved | r=0.401; =0.079 | r=0.060; =0.800 |
| Uninvolved | r=0.009; =0.971 | r=−0.057; =0.810 | |
| LSI | r=0.185; =0.436 | ||
| Total ROMSP | Involved | r=0.262; =0.265 | r=0.262; =0.265 |
| Uninvolved | r=0.190; =0.423 | r=0.190; =0.423 | |
| Ankle joint circumference | Involved | r=−0.163; =0.493 | r=−0.163; =0.493 |
| Uninvolved | r=−0.132; =0.580 | r=−0.132; =0.580 | |
| Shin circumference | Involved | r=−0.142; =0.549 | r=−0.142; =0.549 |
| Uninvolved | r=−0.092; =0.701 | r=−0.092; =0.701 | |
| FPFM – foot plantar flexor muscles; FDFM – foot dorsiflexor muscles; RIT – relative isometric torque values; RPT – relative peak torque values; Total ROMSP – total range of motion in sagittal plane; P – level of significance; r – correlation coefficient. Group I: after surgical suturing of Achilles tendon. ≤0.05 is indicated in bold. | |||