Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 4 Group comparison of intra- and intergroup temporal variations in measurement a
Groups | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ice wrap \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | SI \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | Ice wrap \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | F | P | |
Preop measurement a (cm)* | 22.04 ± 2.1 | 22.05 ± 2.52 | 21.12 ± 2.19 | 0.957 | 0.390 |
Measurement a (cm) at 0 days postop | 24.56 ± 2.14 | 24.6 ± 2.23 | 24.06 ± 2.26 | 0.323 | 0.725 |
Measurement a (cm) at 1 day postop | 24.21 ± 2.19 | 24.17 ± 2.42 | 23.62 ± 2.22 | 0.375 | 0.689 |
Measurement a (cm) at 7 days postop | 22.80 ± 2.16 | 22.7 ± 2.27 | 22.00 ± 2.16 | 0.699 | 0.501 |
Measurement a (cm) at 14 days postop | 22.30 ± 2.11 | 22.2 ± 2.5 | 21.43 ± 2.36 | 0.735 | 0.484 |
Measurement a (cm) at 21 days postop | 22.04 ± 2.09 | 21.9 ± 2.08 | 21.06 ± 2.08 | 1.012 | 0.311 |
Test statistics | F = 22.90* p < 0.001 | F = 20.92* p < 0.001 | F = 21.88* p < 0.001 | ||
Model statistics* | |||||
F | P | ||||
Group effect | 0.729 | 0.487 | |||
Time effect | 65.125 | < 0.001 | |||
Effect of group × time interaction | 0.223 | 0.994 | |||