The Effect of Lower-Limb Exercise on Pain Management of the Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

Table 3

Lower-limb muscle force.

Group	Pre-op			POD 1			POD 3			POD 7			POD 14
Grade	III	IV	V	III	IV	V	III	IV	V	III	IV	V	III	IV	V
Celecoxib (n = 120)	34	68	18	31	77	12	28	75	17	25	64	31	12	24	84
Combined (n = 105)	27	63	15	23	72	10	18	52	35	12	43	50	8	18	79
	0.268			0.537			11.622			12.200			0.814
value

, in terms of muscle force comparison between the celecoxib group and the combined group. POD, postoperative day; combined group, celecoxib and lower-limb rehabilitation exercise; Pre-op, preoperation.