Table 7.

Comparison of Constant-Murley scores between the two groups at different time points ($\overline{\text{x}}+\text{s}$, score).

Group	n	Postoperative	1 wk after operation	6 wk after operation	12 wk after operation
Experimental group	30	50.86 ± 6.97	60.9 ± 6.79a	70.16 ± 6.06a,b	79.26 ± 5.04a,b,c
Control group	30	51.83 ± 7.24	58.90 ± 5.94a	66.23 ± 5.47a,b	74.13 ± 4.86a,b,c
T value		−0.517	2.089	2.592	3.945
P value		.607	.041	.012	.000
Experimental group F for different timepoints		111.664
Experimental group P for different timepoints		<.001
Control group F for different timepoints		76.630
Control group P for different timepoints		<.001

Compared with before the operation.

^aP < .05; Compared with 1 week after the operation.

^bP < .05; Compared with 6 week after the operation.

^cP < .05.