A Better Way to Decrease Knee Swelling in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial

Table 2

Findings on outcome measures at baseline (before treatment) and the end of treatment (after treatment) in both groups.

Outcomes	IPC group ()				Cold-pack group ()
	Before treatment	After treatment	t		Before treatment	After treatment	T
Knee flexion (degree)	104.8 ± 16.8	111.2 ± 16.8	−6.517	0.001	105.6 ± 15.4	111.2 ± 13.4	−4.710	0.001
Quadriceps MS (N/m)	61.6 ± 19.1	68.1 ± 18.5	−4.088	0.001	59.8 ± 8.4	64.1 ± 9.6	−3.817	0.001
Hamstring MS (N/m)	63.7 ± 15.9	67.7 ± 18	−2.806	0.007	58.9 ± 10.8	61.5 ± 10.4	−2.278	0.029
Knee swelling (cm)	40.8 ± 3.9	38.2 ± 3.9	4.651	0.001	38.7 ± 2.6	38.2 ± 2.4	1.673	0.103
Pain intensity (cm)	5.0 ± 2.1	3.2 ± 2.1	6.628	0.001	5.4 ± 2.0	3.9 ± 1.9	5.038	0.001
WOMAC-pain (score)	7.9 ± 4.2	6 ± 3.9	5.257	0.001	7.7 ± 2.9	5.9 ± 2.2	5.311	0.001
WOMAC-stiffness (score)	1.6 ± 1.2	1.4 ± 1.4	1.545	0.130	1.7 ± 1.4	1.6 ± 1.2	0.473	0.639
WOMAC-physical function (score)	20.2 ± 10.7	16.3 ± 9.9	4.438	0.001	20.9 ± 6.6	16.8 ± 6.2	5.497	0.001

Values are means with standard deviation. Paired sample t-test. . MS: muscle strength; IPC: intermittent pneumatic compression.