Research Article

Swimming Exercise in the Acute or Late Phase after Sciatic Nerve Crush Accelerates Nerve Regeneration

Table 2

Mean values ± SE of the SFI in the crush (C), crush + swimming 1st day (CS1) and crush + swimming 14th day (CS14) groups, in the different periods of analysis.

CCS1CS14

Preoperative− 16.18 ± 14.24− 7.29 ± 20.37− 9.78 ± 12.40
7th day− 77.62 ± 25.17*− 91.25 ± 30.20*− 77.32 ± 25.46*
14th day− 78.00 ± 13.66*− 65.98 ± 37.22− 72.13 ± 15.66*
21th day− 20.20 ± 15.57− 17.14 ± 11.72− 29.01 ± 12.12
28th day− 14.66 ± 8.70− 14.80 ± 12.91− 24.26 ± 17.31

*differ from preoperative; differ from 7th PO day ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).