Table 2.

Closing Forces (in Newton). Mean value and standard deviation and median (in bracket) are given for the individual measuring points of both groups. P-values are indicated for subgroup comparison. The primary endpoint of the study is highlighted in gray

	Baseline			24 h			48 h
	FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p
Cranial	8.5 ± 1.0 (9)	7.3 ± 1.8 (7.25)	0.031	13.1 ± 2.0 (13)	18.3 ± 6.2 (15)	0.040	27.3 ± 7.3 (29)	34.6 ± 19.3 (25)	0.512
Central	10.2 ± 2.7 (9)	10.6 ± 1.8 (10.5)	0.239	14.4 ± 3.0 (15)	21.6 ± 5.7 (19.5)	< 0.001	29.9 ± 10.1 (29.5)	37.8 ± 15.5 (29.5)	0.148
Caudal	8.2 ± 1.4 (8.5)	7.4 ± 1 .3 (7)	0.079	11.5 ± 2.9 (12.5)	16.4 ± 6.3 (15.25)	0.011	20.5 ± 6.7 (17)	31.5 ± 17.6 (22)	0.029

Data in bold are significant p-values