TABLE 3.
Summary of medians of translational error at the ball bearing (BB) position anterior, midline, and posterior with different pod block scenarios, p‐values are compared to their same BB position and no pod block counterpart
BB position | BB anterior | BB midline | BB posterior | |||||||
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Pod block | Table angle, θ (°) | No pod block median (mm) | Pod block median (mm) | p‐Value | No pod block median (mm) | Pod block median (mm) | p‐Value | No pod block median (mm) | Pod block median (mm) | p‐Value |
Left pod block | 0 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.00 |
45 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.00 | |
90 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.38 | 0.00 | |
Right pod block | 0 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.51 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.00 |
270 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.74 | |
315 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.04 | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.79 | 0.00 |