Table 4.

Strength test changes

		Flexion strength			Adduction strength			Abduction strength
Lichtenstein	Laparo-endo	p value	Lichtenstein	Laparo-endo	p value	Lichtenstein	Laparo-endo	p value
1 day	−6.43±2.63	−8.28±5.78	0.473	−6.2±2.14	−1.8±5.12	0.06	−4.85±2.1	−3.89±4.73	0.516
1 week	−4.2±2.03	−1.8±7.01	0.345	−3.27±2.44	1.1±6.1	0.059	−3.76±2.54	−1.65±2.84	0.181
2 weeks	−2.39±3.57	0.9±6.94	0.323	−0.87±2.14	1.84±5.01	0.106	−0.5±0.89	−0.96±1.82	0.639
4 weeks	−0.18±1.33	4.66±6.02	0.149	0.06±0.58	3.4±7.3	0.435	−0.16±0.9	1.93±2.8	0.222

Laparo-endo, laparoscopic-endoscopic hernia repair.