Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Postoperative functional evaluation of patients in the PL and ALS groups
Factors for functional evaluation | PL | ALS | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
ROM (POD 1) (degrees) | 55.7 ± 19.8 | 42.6 ± 18.5 | 0.001 |
POD 2 | 61.7 ± 19 | 55.4 ± 20.6 | 0.13 |
POD 3 | 70 ± 17.6 | 63.2 ± 26.5 | 0.13 |
POD 4 | 78.4 ± 17.5 | 72.7 ± 25.9 | 0.19 |
POD 5 | 82.8 ± 17 | 77.8 ± 21.8 | 0.22 |
POD 6 | 84.8 ± 17.1 | 78.6 ± 19.4 | 0.1 |
POD 7 | 86.1 ± 18.4 | 81.2 ± 18.7 | 0.21 |
SLR (days until achievement) | 2.5 ± 2.9 | 4.3 ± 3.4 | 0.006 |
Walker (days until achievement) | 4.4 ± 2.3 | 3.9 ± 2.1 | 0.31 |
Cane (days until achievement) | 9.1 ± 3.5 | 7.1 ± 2.6 | 0.004 |
Hospital stay (days) | 18.6 ± 4.1 | 15.5 ± 3.6 | 0.001 |
Rate of transfer | 4/63 | 3/34 | 1.0 |