03 April 2022: Clinical Research
A Retrospective Study on the Effects of Kinesiology Taping on Edema of the Lower Limb in 14 Patients Following Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Fracture
Karen Lanier 1ABDEF* , Andrea M. Johnson 1ABDEF , Ximena Tapia 1ABDEF , Shenae Samuels 2ACDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.936619
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936619
Table 1 Within-group and between-group mean differences.
| Control, N= 7 | Intervention, N=7 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre IM nailing mean | Post IM nailing mean | Pre-post difference in mean | P valuea | Pre IM nailing mean | Post IM nailing mean | Pre-post difference in mean | P valuea | Overall P valueb | |
| Involved leg | 46217.2 | 45391.8 | −825.4 | 0.512 | 35855.2 | 35976.8 | 121.6 | 0.922 | 0.594 |
| Uninvolved leg | 39426.4 | 38516.8 | −909.6 | 0.257 | 31199.7 | 31711.3 | 511.7 | 0.516 | 0.214 |
| Active flexion | 61.3 | 75.6 | 14.3 | 0.337 | 97.6 | 80.1 | −17.4 | 0.246 | 0.142 |
| Passive flexion | 82.7 | 94.4 | 11.7 | 0.199 | 109.6 | 109.7 | 0.1 | 0.987 | 0.361 |
| Active extension | −12.3 | −14.7 | −2.4 | 0.583 | −9.1 | −8.3 | 0.9 | 0.846 | 0.599 |
| VAS Score | 7.1 | 5.6 | −1.6 | 0.010 | 6.4 | 6.3 | −0.1 | 0.788 | 0.075 |
| a P values indicate statistical significance of differences between the before and after periods within each group. b Overall P values represent the statistical significance of differences between the control and intervention groups with respect to change over time. P values were computed using a mixed factorial ANOVA followed by pairwise comparisons. Time (pre and post) served as the within-subjects factor and group (control and taping) served as the between-subjects factor. Boldface font indicates statistical significance at P | |||||||||