Table 2.

Mean values ± SE of the SFI in the crush (C), crush + swimming 1st day (CS1) and crush + swimming 14th day (CS14) groups, in the different periods of analysis.

	C	CS1	CS14
Preoperative	− 16.18 ± 14.24	− 7.29 ± 20.37	− 9.78 ±  12.40
7th day	− 77.62 ± 25.17*	− 91.25 ± 30.20*	− 77.32 ±  25.46*
14th day	− 78.00 ± 13.66*	− 65.98 ± 37.22	− 72.13 ±  15.66*
21th day	− 20.20 ± 15.57	− 17.14 ± 11.72†	− 29.01 ± 12.12
28th day	− 14.66 ± 8.70	− 14.80 ± 12.91†	− 24.26 ± 17.31

*differ from preoperative; ^†differ from 7th PO day (P < 0.05).