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Table 3 Randomised Clinical Trial: Parameters of injured sides at baseline and follow-up, and between-group differences of changes from baseline to follow-up

From: Immediate and six-week effects of wearing a knee sleeve following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on knee kinematics and kinetics: a cross-over laboratory and randomised clinical trial

 

Control Group

Mean (SD)

Sleeve Group

Mean (SD)

Change score group

Mean difference (95% CI)

Between group difference

BL

FU

BL

FU

Control

Sleeve

p -value*

Flexion angle at initial contact (°)

11.1 (5.3)

14.1 (6.8)

11.8 (4.7)

13.0 (6.6)

3.0 (0.8, 5.1)

1.1 (-1.5, 3.7)

0.310

Peak flexion angle (°)

41.2 (5.9)

43.9 (6.5)

43.2 (5.6)

40.0 (8.0)

2.8 (0.1, 5.5)

-3.2 (-8.8, 2.5)

0.058

Flexion/extension Excursion (°)

30.0 (2.9)

29.8 (4.2)

31.3 (5.3)

27.0 (7.4)

-0.2 (-3.1, 2.7)

-4.3 (-11.1, 2.4)

0.627

Peak external flexion moment (Nm/BW*HT)

0.086 (0.031)

0.097 (0.027)

0.081 (0.034)

0.081 (0.026)

0.011 (-0.015, 0.036)

0.000 (-0.025, 0.025)

0.402

Stance duration (ms)

344 (56)

346 (65)

402 (89)

313 (49)

2 (-35, 38)

-89 (-153, -24)

0.013

  1. BL Baseline, FU Follow-up; * Mann–Whitney Test