Table 4.

Game Use and Performance 1 Season before and 1 Season after LDH by Treatment Type.

Response		Operative		Nonoperative
	Time point	Injured (n = 29)	Matched (n = 58)	Injured (n = 18)	Matched (n = 36)
GP	Pre	61.4 ± 16.6	66.9 ± 18.9	49.3 ± 26.6	62.7 ± 21.6
	Post	56.5 ± 25.0	67.5 ± 18.3	50.7 ± 26.2	64.8 ± 18.5
	P value	.133	.564	.905	.887
GP/TOI	Pre	16.6 ± 3.6	19.1 ± 4.4	15.8±4.4	15.1±3.5
	Post	14.8±3.5	17.4±5.8	15.3±5.0	16.9±4.2
	P value	.054	.229	1.000	.122
Goals/60	Pre	18.0±17.7	15.5±14.0	13.1±10.5	13.6±10.0
	Post	12.0 ± 10.2	13.2 ± 10.0	11.3 ± 7.8	13.7 ± 9.9
	P value	.038	.808	.078	.540
Assists/60	Pre	25.3 ± 23.9	24.5 ± 16.8	20.0 ± 13.0	26.8 ± 17.3
	Post	18.5 ± 18.0	23.2 ± 11.6	21.0 ± 12.3	27.6 ± 12.8
	P value	.081	.851	.837	.712
Points/60	Pre	43.3 ± 40.9	39.9 ± 28.8	33.0 ± 18.9	40.4 ± 24.5
	Post	30.5 ± 27.2	36.4 ± 19.6	32.3 ± 17.3	41.3 ± 20.0
	P value	.024	.913	.379	.608
Shooting %	Pre	12.4 ± 6.1	11.5 ± 8.0	10.5 ± 6.1	9.8 ± 5.6
	Post	10.8 ± 5.9	10.7 ± 6.1	13.3 ± 11.8	10.3 ± 5.5
	P value	.566	.417	.424	.799
Corsi %	Pre	51.4 ± 3.8	51.5 ± 4.5	50.8 ± 5.9	52.1 ± 3.2
	Post	50.8 ± 5.9	50.1 ± 3.8	49.7 ± 10.1	54.6 ± 1.5
	P value	.762	.309	.607	.199
Fenwick %	Pre	51.1 ± 4.1	51.3 ± 4.2	50.8 ± 5.4	52.2 ± 4.2
	Post	50.7 ± 6.1	49.8 ± 3.5	49.2 ± 9.3	54.2 ± 1.4
	P value	.864	.265	.438	.534
PDO	Pre	98.8 ± 2.3	100.8 ± 1.8	100.6 ± 1.5	100.7 ± 3.4
	Post	99.0 ± 3.3	100.3 ± 1.7	99.9 ± 2.3	100.0 ± 2.6
	P value	.814	.248	.688	.787

Continuous variables are presented using mean ± standard deviation. Significant values are noted in bold, P ≤ .05. GP represented by games; TOI/GP represented by minutes; goals/60, assists/60, points/60 represented by counts; shooting %, Corsi %, Fenwick % represented by percentages; PDO represented by shooting plus save percentage. Assists/60, assists per 60 minutes; goals/60, goals per 60 minutes; GP, games played; LDH, lumbar disc herniation; PDO, shooting plus save percentage; points/60, points per 60 minutes; TOI/GP, time on ice per game played.