. 2023 Jan 6;34(1):50–57. doi: 10.52312/jdrs.2023.876

Table 3. Outcome measurement.

	Baseline	Post-injection 2 weeks	4 weeks	12 weeks	24 weeks
Measure follow-up	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
Visual Analog Scale
ArtiAid®-Mini	5.6±0.5	2.6±1.6^a	2.0±1.2^a	0.9±0.8^{a, b, c}	0.5±0.8^{a, b, c}
Ostenil®-Mini	5.9±1.1	1.9±1.1^a	1.9±1.1^a	1.1±1.0^{a, b, c}	0.4±0.7^{a, b, c, d}
p	0.954	0.287	0.784	0.594	0.700
Flexion (degrees)
ArtiAid®-Mini	12.8±2.1	14.3±1.2^a	14.8±0.7^a	14.9±0.4^a	15.0±0.0^a
Ostenil®-Mini	11.6±1.1	14.3±1.0^a	14.1±1.3^a	14.9±0.4^a	15.0±0.0^a
p	0.213	>0.999	0.267	>0.999	>0.999
Extension (degrees)
ArtiAid^®-Mini	47.5±3.8	51.9±5.3^a	52.8±4.5^a	53.8±4.4^a	58.6±6.5^{a, b, c, d}
Ostenil®-Mini	44.4±8.2	51.1±6.1^a	49.6±8.4^a	52.5±5.4^a	55.0±6.6^a
p	0.469	0.808	0.371	0.619	0.285
Adduction (degrees)
ArtiAid^®-Mini	52.5±2.7	56.5±3.1^a	59.5±6.1^a	58.9±3.8^a	62.8±4.8^a,b
Ostenil®-Mini	53.3±4.2	56.1±4.9^a	57.6±4.4^a	60.0±3.8^a	61.6±2.3^a,b
p	0.864	0.951	0.526	0.562	0.499
Pinch (kg)
ArtiAid^®-Mini	3.9±0.5	4.8±0.9^a	4.7±0.4^a	4.9±0.7^a	5.3±0.6^{a, bc}
Ostenil®-Mini	5.0±2.2	4.9±1.1^a	5.7±2.0^a	5.9±2.5^a	7.1±2.7^{a, b, c}
p	0.314	0.907	0.788	0.958	0.290
Grip (kg)
ArtiAid^®-Mini	17.9±3.0	19.7±2.4^a	19.8±2.4^a	21.1±1.8^a	22.9±3.7^{a, b, c}
Ostenil®-Mini	21.7±6.2	24.4±6.6^a	24.8±6.5^a	26.5±7.9^a	28.4±10.3^a
p	0.494	0.402	0.074	0.099	0.195
Satisfaction
ArtiAid^®-Mini		4.0±0.0	4.0±0.0	4.0±0.0^a	4.0±0.0
Ostenil®-Mini		3.9±0.4	4.0±0.0	4.0±0.0	4.1±0.4
p		0.351	NaN	NaN	0.351
NaN: Not a number; a,b,c,d: Different superscript numbers indicate a statistically significant difference across time points by post-hoc test.