Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Group comparison of intra- and intergroup temporal variations in measurement b
Groups | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ice wrap \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | SI \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | Ice wrap \(\stackrel{-}{x}\pm sd\) | F | P | |
Preop measurement b (cm) | 28.2 ± 1.98 | 28.75 ± 2.12 | 28.8 ± 1.7 | 0.581 | 0.563 |
Measurement b (cm) at 0 days postop | 29.9 ± 2.3 | 30.5 ± 2.8 | 30.5 ± 2.9 | 0.350 | 0.706 |
Measurement b (cm) at 1 day postop | 29.57 ± 2.1 | 29.95 ± 2.6 | 29.75 ± 1.8 | 0.161 | 0.852 |
Measurement b (cm) at 7 days postop | 28.78 ± 2.56 | 29.3 ± 2.85 | 29.18 ± 1.6 | 0.290 | 0.749 |
Measurement b (cm) at 14 days postop | 28.17 ± 1.7 | 29.2 ± 2.3 | 29.25 ± 1.8 | 2.0126 | 0.141 |
Measurement b (cm) at 21 days postop | 27.96 ± 1.97 | 28.8 ± 2.26 | 28.88 ± 1.59 | 1.380 | 0.260 |
Test statistics | F = 7.832* p < 0.001 | F = 4.648* p < 0.001 | F = 3.275* p < 0.001 | ||
Model statistics* | |||||
F | P | ||||
Group effect | 0.712 | 0.495 | |||
Time effect | 30.052 | < 0.001 | |||
Effect of group × time interaction | 50.589 | 0.790 | |||