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. 2011 Mar 7;4:47–53. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S15380

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients in both groups

Characteristic DETP (n = 68) Placebo (n = 66) P valuea
Age, mean (SD) 33.3 (13.9) 29.7 (11.6) 0.1
Gender: male/female 33/35 39/27 0.2
Weight: mean (SD)
  Males 75.4 (11.0) 77.7 (19.2) 0.5
  Females 62.8 (12.6) 57.1 (9.2) 0.05
Body mass index, mean (SD)
  Males 23.9 (3.3) 24.8 (5.6) 0.5
  Females 23.6 (5.1) 21.1 (3.0) 0.05
Ice application
  No (%) 43 (63.2) 39 (59.1) 0.6
  Yes (%) 25 (36.8) 27 (40.9) 0.6
Enrollment delay: mean (hours) 17.3 19.9 0.4
Injured ankle periarticular edema (mm)
  Mean (SD) 254 (27) 253 (29)
  Median (minimum-maximum) 256 (150–300) 260 (127–302) 0.9
VAS self-evaluation (patient)
  Mean (SD) 66.9 (10.6) 70.0 (11.8)
  Median (minimum-maximum) 66.0 (50–92) 67.5 (50–100) 0.2
Pain at rest (clinician)
  None/low/moderate/high 10/32/24/2 11/28/23/4 0.8
Pain on passive stretch (clinician)
  None/low/moderate/high 0/4/36/28 0/4/29/33 0.4
Pain on palpation (clinician)
  None/low/moderate/high 0/0/23/45 0/2/21/43 0.7
Single foot leaning (patient)
  Okay without pain/okay with pain/impossible 4/52/12 6/44/16 0.5

Note:

a

Fisher’s exact test of heterogeneity for dichotomous variables and Wilcoxon nonparametric test for quantitative variables.

Abbreviations: DETP, diclofenac epolamine topical patch; n, number of patients; SD, standard deviation; VAS, visual analog scale.

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