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Table 1 Differences in hip flexion, hip abduction, and knee flexion between patients who had undergone Ilizarov therapy and healthy controls

From: Kinematic parameters after tibial nonunion treatment using the Ilizarov method

 

Control group (n = 22)

Patients after surgery (n = 23)

P

Hip flexion min NDLa, OLc [°]

-19.2 (-23.90 – -13.2)a

-12.4 (-23.80 – -4.0)c

 < 0.001

Hip flexion min DLb, NOLd [°]

-17.0 (-26.50 – -10.2)b

-13.3 (-19.70 – -2.8)d

0.004

P

0.244

0.911

 

Hip flexion max NDLa, OLc [°]

32.6 (22.6 – 47.2)a

29.7 (21.3 – 40.9)c

0.016

Hip flexion max DLb, NOLd [°]

33.6 (19.5 – 50.8)b

31.6 (10.8 – 46.7)d

0.240

P

0.856

0.551

 

Hip flexion range NDLa, OLc [°]

51.6 (38.4 – 68.6)a

42.0 (29.0 – 57.9)c

 < 0.001

Hip flexion range DLb,NOLd [°]

49.6 (37.9 – 65.2)b

44.3 (20.9 – 60.5)d

0.007

P

0.419

0.632

 

Hip abduction min NDLa,OLc [°]

-9.8 (-17.5 – -1.2)a

-8.1 (-14.1 – -0.7)c

0.231

Hip abduction min DLb, NOLd [°]

-6.9 (-16.5 – -1.6)b

-8.3 (-17.4 – -2.7)d

0.318

P

0.098

0.746

 

Hip abduction max NDLa, OLc [°]

8.8 (1.0 – 13.8)a

7.1 (1.8 – 17.4)c

0.269

Hip abduction max DLb,NOLd [°]

10.9 (7.0 – 19.6)b

7.2 (0.1 – 17.5)d

0.002

P

0.001

0.575

 

Hip abduction rangeNDLa,OLc [°]

17.6 (13.5 – 25.5)a

15.3 (10.3 – 27.3)c

0.006

Hip abduction rangeDLbNOLd [°]

17.8 (14.7 – 27.8)b

16.9 (8.1 – 24.6)d

0.034

P

0.418

0.328

 

Knee flexion min NDLa, OLc [°]

-2.2 (-9.9 – 3.1)a

-3.0 (-7.5 – -0.1)c

0.097

Knee flexion min DLb, NOLd [°]

-1.4 (-11.8 – 5.2)b

-0.5 (-20.4 – 0.1)d

0.751

P

0.900

0.127

 

Knee flexion max NDLa, OLc [°]

67.5 (56.3 – 77.7)a

58.6 (38.0 – 72.9)c

0.003

Knee flexion max DLb, NOLd [°]

64.7 (57.7 – 76.7)b

63.5 (21.6 – 74.7)d

0.091

P

0.341

0.878

 

Knee flexion range NDLa, OLc [°]

70.3 (58.7 – 84.3)a

63.5 (44.2 – 74.9)c

0.010

Knee flexion range DLb,NOLd [°]

68.1 (61.0 – 74.8)b

64.9 (32.8 – 75.7)d

0.102

P

0.385

0.809

 
  1. Data are expressed as medians and 5th–95th percentiles
  2. OL operated limb in patientsc, NDL Nondominant limb in controlsa, NOL Nonoperated limb in patientsd, DL dominant limb in controlsb
  3. Bold typeface indicates a statistically significant difference