Table 4.

Recovery time

Time		OS		MIS		P value
			P value		P value
PF (days)	0w	14.6 ± 2.9	< 0.001	9.1 ± 2.6	< 0.001	< 0.001
	2w	26.9 ± 3.6 a		20.9 ± 3.7 a		< 0.001
	4w	38.9 ± 4.6 ab		33.4 ± 4.4 ab		< 0.001
LE (weeks)	0w	16.9 ± 1.3	< 0.001	17.1 ± 1.9	< 0.001	0.353
	2w	17.3 ± 2.0		17.0 ± 1.8		0.354
	4w	19.8 ± 1.7 ab		19.3 ± 2.4 ab		0.088
RTW (weeks)	0w	5.6 ± 1.2	< 0.001	5.6 ± 0.7	< 0.001	0.932
	2w	5.9 ± 1.2		5.8 ± 0.7		0.447
	4w	6.6 ± 0.9 ab		6.6 ± 0.7 ab		0.753
OHRH (weeks)	0w	12.4 ± 1.2	< 0.001	12.5 ± 1.8	< 0.001	0.467
	2w	11.9 ± 0.8 a		12.2 ± 1.2		0.065
	4w	14.9 ± 1.6 ab		14.8 ± 2.0 ab		0.726

Data represent the mean ± SD;

OHRH, one-leg heel-rise height; LE, light exercise; RTW, return to work; PF, plantarflexion;

^a significantly different from 0w groups (multiple pairwise within-group post hoc comparison tests);

^b significantly different from 2w groups (multiple pairwise within-group post hoc comparison tests)