Table 5 Patient questionnaire

1. Did you feel that the pain reduced when treated with cryocompression therapy?

A

B

C

D

E

2. Would you rather have cryocompression treatment than analgesic pain treatment?

A

B

C

D

E

3. The standard setting used was the coldest; did you like this temperature setting?

A

B

C

D

E

4. Did you request the temperature setting to be upped?

Y

N

5. Did you like the dynamic pressure adjunct?

A

B

C

D

E

6. The pressure adjunct was elevated every 4 treatments, was the pace to fast?

A

B

C

D

E

7. After treatment the muscles are cooled, did this hinder you in moving around outside of bed?

A

B

C

D

E

8. Would you have liked to be treated more often per day than 4 times?

A

B

C

D

E

9. Would you have liked to be treated longer than 30 min per cycle?

A

B

C

D

E

10. Would you have liked to be treated longer than the first 72 h postoperative?

A

B

C

D

E

11. Did you feel like you recovered faster with cryocompression therapy?

A

B

C

D

E

12. Would you recommend the use of cryocompression therapy to other patients?

A

B

C

D

E

13. Can you briefly describe what you think are advantages of cryocompression therapy?

14. Can you briefly describe what you think are disadvantages of cryocompression therapy?

15. From 0 – 10 how would you rate the cryocompression treatments in general?