Table 3.

Pain scores and morphine consumption

		Treatment	Control
POD1:	n = 35	Pn =34
POD2:	n = 30	Pn =31	p-value
NRS during PT session POD1 a	6 (1–9)	6 (1–10)	0.3
NRS during PT session POD2 a	5 (0–10)	5 (2–10)	0.9
NRS at rest POD1	1 (0–6)	3 (0–5)	0.04
NRS at rest POD2	1 (0–6)	2 (0–5)	0.4
NRS >3/< 3 at rest POD1	4/28	8/26	0.3
NRS >3/< 3 at rest POD2	2/28	4/27	0.4
Time to additional pain medication (hours)	7.5 (0.5–47)	8.0 (0.5–47)	0.9
OMEQ total POD0	38 (15–100)	53 (15–96)	0.4
OMEQ total POD1	45 (8–130)	53 (30–145)	0.3
OMEQ total POD2	41 (8–85)	45 (15–175)	0.3

Data are counts, median (range) or ^a mean (range)

NRS = Numeric rating scale (for assessment of pain intensity)

PT = Physiotherapy

OMEQ = Oral morphine equivalents