Table 1.

Intergroup comparison of motor functions and EMG values

	Control group	Surgery+saline group	Surgery+gallic acid group
EMG CMAP latency (MS)	2.31±0.19	3.69±0.44*	2.90±0.19‡
EMG CMAP amplitude (mV)	11.53±2.04	2.50±0.31†	6.72±1.13§
Inclined plane score (°)	88.10±6.50	41.70±7.20†	65.80±8.40§

Values are presented as mean±standard error of the mean.

^*p<0.05,

^†p<0.001; surgery+saline group compared with control group.

^‡p<0.001,

^§p<0.001; surgery+gallic acid group compared with surgery+saline group.

EMG : electromyography, CMAP : compound muscle action potential