Clinical Study
A Better Way to Decrease Knee Swelling in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline demographic and outcome characteristics of the subjects in both groups.
| | | IPC group () | Cold-pack group () | |
| | Age (year) | 50.77 ± 9.49 | 52.25 ± 6.95 | 0.439 | | Gender (f/m) | 37/8 | 31/5 | — | | Height (cm) | 165.95 ± 8.27 | 164.88 ± 6.84 | 0.536 | | Body weight (kg) | 79.48 ± 13.56 | 78.13 ± 13.81 | 0.660 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.90 ± 5.78 | 28.72 ± 5.65 | 0.891 | | Knee flexion (degree) | 104.8 ± 16.8 | 105.6 ± 15.4 | 0.976 | | Quadriceps MS (N/m) | 61.6 ± 19.1 | 59.8 ± 8.4 | 0.603 | | Hamstring MS (N/m) | 63.7 ± 15.9 | 58.9 ± 10.8 | 0.300 | | Knee swelling (cm) | 40.8 ± 3.9 | 38.7 ± 2.6 | 0.164 | | Pain intensity (cm) | 5.0 ± 2.1 | 5.4 ± 2.0 | 0.440 | | WOMAC-pain (score) | 7.9 ± 4.2 | 7.7 ± 2.9 | 0.822 | | WOMAC-stiffness (score) | 1.6 ± 1.2 | 1.7 ± 1.4 | 0.910 | | WOMAC-physical function (score) | 20.2 ± 10.7 | 20.9 ± 6.6 | 0.751 |
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SD: standard deviation; f: female; m: male; IPC: intermittent pneumatic compression. Values are means with standard deviation.
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