EMLA group | Placebo group | EMLA vs. placebo | |||||
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Before Mean (SE) | After Mean (SE) | Mean diff (95% CI) (after minus before) | Before Mean (SE) | After Mean (SE) | Mean diff (95% CI) (after minus before) | Mean diff (95% CI) (EMLA minus placebo) | |
Sensory function | |||||||
Vibration sense | 11.46 | 13.11 | 1.65 | 10.61 | 10.96 | 0.35 | 1.29 |
med mall (Volt) | (0.99) | (1.27) | (-0.54, 3.82) | (0.84) | (0.69) | (-0.70, 1.41) | (-1.02, 3.59) |
Vibration sense | 19.64 | 21.25 | 1.61 | 16.57 | 17.75 | 1.18 | 0.43 |
med fem cond (Volt) | (1.71) | (1.48) | (-2.12, 5.33) | (1.34) | (1.30) | (-0.79, 3.15) | (-3.58, 4.44) |
Knee kinesthesia | 2.23 | 1.95 | -0.28 | 1.88 | 1.48 | -0.40 | 0.11 |
(degrees) | (0.38) | (0.45) | (-1.00, 0.43) | (0.19) | (0.11) | (-0.05, -0.73) | (-0.65, 0.86) |
Perception of touch | 0.04 | 0.04 | p = 0.646 | 0.07 | 0.07 | p = 0.125 | p = 0.265 (before) |
(grams) | (0.008, 0.22) | (0.008, 0.16) | (0.04, 0.4) | (0.02, 0.16) | p = 0.769 (after) | ||
Motor function | |||||||
One-leg hop (cm) | 134.56 | 135.21 | 0.65 | 144.14 | 146.05 | 1.91 | -1.25 |
(6.85) | (6.31) | (-3.17, 4.48) | (9.47) | (9.79) | (-3.47, 7.28) | (-7.53, 5.03) | |
Knee ext peak | 246.81 | 239.62 | -7.19 | 252.66 | 246.73 | -5.93 | -1.26 |
torque/body weight (Nm) | (9.90) | (11.10) | (-16.26, 1.89) | (10.40) | (12.89) | (-17.21, 5.35) | (-15.03, 12.52) |
Knee flex ext peak | 129.56 | 128.30 | -1.26 | 134.66 | 136.54 | 1.88 | -3.14 |
torque/body weight (Nm) | (7.43) | (7.41) | (-6.66, 4.15) | (7.24) | (7.88) | (-3.83, 7.59) | (-10.61, 4.34) |