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. 2018 Jan 24;25(3):325–333. doi: 10.1007/s12282-018-0835-y

Table 5.

Comparison of foot postures in the study patients depending on the type of surgical procedure within the axillary fossa lymph node system

Tested parameter BCT + SLNB, n = 60 BCT + ALND, n = 56 Comparison F1 vs F3, F2 vs F4, statistical significance
Foot on operated side F1, mean Foot on contralateral side F2, mean p Foot on operated side F3, mean Foot on contralateral side F4, mean p
Lower limb load 36.38 37.43 0.1726 35.60 37.01 0.0422 p1 = 0.9080
p2 = 0.9837
L 225.28 226.28 0.2247 224.39 225.00 0.6735 p1 = 0.9821
p2 = 0.9491
W 86.75 87.33 0.7965 86.43 86.66 0.9850 p1 = 0.9923
p2 = 0.9358
L/W 2.62 2.59 0.7334 2.61 2.61 0.9999 p1 = 0.9923
p2 = 0.9763
ALPHA 8.62 8.88 0.9790 8.06 8.05 0.9999 p1 = 0.9438
p2 = 0.8455
BETA 16.15 15.67 0.9790 15.66 15.85 0.9987 p1 = 0.9886
p2 = 0.9994
GAMMA 15.24 16.07 0.5320 15.40 15.19 0.9866 p1 = 0.9962
p2 = 0.6072
KY 0.28 0.27 0.9943 0.26 0.30 0.6764 p1 = 0.9887
p2 = 0.9013
CL 52.54 51.49 0.8983 50.22 53.09 0.2584 p1 = 0.7895
p2 = 0.9181
HW 51.16 51.47 0.9201 51.30 51.46 0.9899 p1 = 0.9988
p2 = 1.0000
FA 59.41 60.08 0.9667 64.35 64.01 0.9958 p1 = 0.6961
p2 = 0.8223

BCT + SLNB group undergoing BCT + SLNB surgery, BCT + ALND group undergoing BCT + ALND surgery, F1 foot on the operated breast side, F2 foot on the contralateral side, L foot length, W foot width, L/W Wejsflog index, ALPHA hallux valgus angle, BETA little toe varus angle, GAMMA heel angle, KY Sztriter–Godunov index, CL Clarke’s angle, HW heel width, WFA weighted foot area, p1 F1 vs F3, p2 F2 vs F4, p calculated probability value