Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Group comparison in terms of preoperative VAS, measurement a, measurement b, tendon retraction grade, and fatty muscle degeneration
Ice wrap | SI | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± sd | Mean ± sd | Mean ± sd | p | |
Preop VAS | 5.95 ± 2.32 | 6.2 ± 2.33 | 7.56 ± 1.41 | 0.060 |
Preop measurement a (cm) | 22.04 ± 1.09 | 22.05 ± 2.52 | 21.12 ± 2.18 | 0.390 |
Preop measurement b (cm) | 28.21 ± 1.97 | 28.75 ± 2.12 | 28.81 ± 1.68 | 0.563 |
Mean ± sd Median | Mean ± SD Median | Mean ± SD Median | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tendon retraction grade | 1.91 ± 0.66 2 | 1.71 ± 0.57 2 | 1.81 ± 0.65 2 | 0.577 |
Fatty muscle degeneration grade | 1.22 ± 1.24 1 | 1.15 ± 0.81 1 | 1.13 ± 1.02 1 | 0.932 |