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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Post-treatment characteristics, visual analog scale scores, and Karlsson scores of the patients

From: Assessment of functional treatment versus plaster of Paris in the treatment of grade 1 and 2 lateral ankle sprains

Variable

TG

POP

p value

VAS at 2 weeks

6.15 ± 0.75

6.28 ± 0.11

0.376

VAS at 6 weeks

3.88 ± 0.85

4.97 ± 0.82

<0.001*

Karlsson score at 2 weeks

52.03 ± 6.47

52.37 ± 5.33

0.759

Karlsson score at 6 weeks

76.25 ± 10.67

70.10 ± 6.35

<0.001*

Number of painkillers

6 ± 2.85

8 ± 2.58

<0.001*

Number of days taken off work

4.18 ± 1.73

6.25 ± 2.73

<0.001*

Number of sleepless nights

3.57 ± 1.56

5.45 ± 1.88

<0.001*

  1. VAS visual analog scale for pain, TG Tubigrip, POP plaster of Paris
  2. * Denotes a statistically significant difference between the groups
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