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Table 3 Medians (and Interquartile range) of physical measurements and pain perception, of the elbows with hemophilic arthropathy evaluated in the different assessments and analysis after the treatment and follow up period

From: Manual and educational therapy in the treatment of hemophilic arthropathy of the elbow: a randomized pilot study

Group

Variables

Post-treatment

Follow up

Medians (IQR)

Sig.

W

ES

Medians (IQR)

Sig.

W

ES

MT

Strength (0–5)

0.00 (0.00)

.188

.180

−.34

0.00 (0.00)

.188

1.00

.00

Circumference (cm)

30.85 (3.75)

.050

.018

.11

30.70 (4.37)

.113

.098

−.23

Flexion (degree)

143.00 (13.25)

.022

.040

.28

146.00 (10.25)

1.00

.972

.00

Extension (degree)

5.00 (19.50)

.293

.278

.07

4.00 (22.00)

.553

.562

−.03

Pain (0–10)

0.00 (0.875)

.006

.014

−.49

0.00 (0.00)

.069

.068

−.50

EG

Strength (0–5)

0.00 (0.00)

.333

.317

.00

0.00 (0.00)

.333

.317

.25

Circumference (cm)

31.05 (5.175)

.484

.145

.03

30.45 (5.62)

.268

.279

−.06

Flexion (degree)

144.50 (36.75)

.121

.121

−.17

148.00 (28.25)

.101

.114

.21

Extension (degree)

12.00 (39.25)

.528

.734

−.02

10.50 (29.75)

.090

.090

−.16

Pain (0–10)

0.00 (0.00)

.164

.157

−.20

0.00 (0.375)

.270

.257

.46

CG

Strength (0–5)

0.00 (0.00)

.165

.157

−.19

0.00 (0.00)

a

1.00

a

Circumference (cm)

31.35 (5.90)

.687

.476

−.03

30.75 (7.55)

.687

.859

−.04

Flexion (degree)

146.50 (11.25)

.664

.944

.02

142.00 (11.75)

.712

.610

−.01

Extension (degree)

0.00 (11.75)

.666

1.00

−.02

0.00 (5.00)

.534

.715

−.03

Pain (0–10)

0.00 (0.00)

.165

.157

−.23

0.00 (0.00)

.752

.785

.13

  1. MT manual therapy group, EG educational group, CG control group, n number of elbows, SD standard deviation, Sig. signification, W non-parametric Wilcoxon test, ES effect size), aNo can be calculated the signification and the correlation because the standard error of the difference is 0