Table 3.
Mean and Standard Deviation Between-Groups in the CRT Group and NMT Group
| Measures (Means, SD) |
Time (After Surgery) | NMT Group (N=10) |
CRT Group (N=10) |
P | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthel scores | Day 1 | 21.5(7.84) | 21.5(9.73) | 0.697 | 44.5 |
| Day 7 | 50.0(13.54) | 49.0(9.37) | 0.591 | 42.5 | |
| SAS scores | Day 1 | 39.4(6.5) | 41.4(7.8) | 0.542 | 41.5 |
| Day 7 | 40.0(6.9) | 39.4(6.4) | 0.762 | 45.5 | |
| PSQI scores | Day 1 | 8.0(3.9) | 6.9(4.1) | 0.235 | 34.0 |
| Day 7 | 6.7(1.1) | 8.2(3.5) | 0.817 | 46.5 | |
| HSS scores | Day 1 | 33.8(2.6) | 32.8(5.0) | 0.909 | 48.0 |
| Day 7 | 39.8(3.6) | 36.2(2.9) | 0.020* | 19.0 | |
| Pain scores for VAS | Day 1 | 3.0(1.1) | 3.5(1.0) | 0.268 | 35.5 |
| Day 7 | 1.5(0.5) | 2.2(0.4) | 0.009** | 20.0 |
Notes: The first test was administered on the first day after surgery. The second test was administered on the seventh day after surgery. *Significant difference compared between-groups (p < 0.05). **Significant difference compared between-groups (p < 0.01). Between-group comparisons were performed using the Mann–Whitney U-test.
Abbreviations: NMT group, novel muscle training device group; CRT group, conventional rehabilitation training group; HSS scores, Hospital for Special Surgery knee score; Pain scores for VAS, Pain scores for the Visual Analogue Scale; SAS, Zung self-rating anxiety scale; PSQI, Pittsburgh sleep quality index; Barthel scores, Barthel Index score.