Results of the different treatments of acute ankle injury
| Group | Decrease in pain | Range of motion | Decrease in swelling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 2 | Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 2 | Day 7 | Day 14 | |
| Values are mean (SD). Pain is measured on a visual analogue scale (1–100). Range of motion is measured with a goniometer, expressed as the sum of dorsal and plantar flexion in degrees. Swelling is measured using a volometer, expressed in plain numbers, not mm3. | |||||||||
| Phlog, Phlogenzym; Br, bromelain; Tr, trypsin; Ru, rutoside. | |||||||||
| Phlog | 23.0 (18.6) | 34.3 (22.7) | 49.1 (19.3) | 6.8 (10.1) | 12.0 (11.5) | 18.7 (14.4) | 25.6 (200) | 76.1 (215) | 139.1 (199) |
| Br-Tr | 31.0 (19.2) | 39.7 (22.4) | 49.7 (18.9) | 8.5 (10.1) | 15.0 (13.5) | 20.6 (12.8) | 48.0 (187) | 79.4 (177) | 142.3 (179) |
| Br-Ru | 30.1 (20.8) | 40.1 (21.4) | 51.4 (19.8) | 9.7 (10.6) | 15.1 (13.5) | 19.3 (14.1) | 23.6 (175) | 80.9 (214) | 105.7 (184) |
| Br | 27.0 (22.9) | 36.0 (23.5) | 48.0 (22.1) | 10.0 (12.1) | 14.8 (12.7) | 19.9 (14.2) | 41.5 (140) | 87.8 (201) | 115.9 (174) |
| Tr-Ru | 25.1 (20.8) | 36.2 (21.9) | 46.8 (19.4) | 5.5 (11.7) | 12.2 (13.8) | 18.4 (15.1) | 12.8 (137) | 60.5 (125) | 90.9 (125) |
| Tr | 26.1 (18.9) | 38.2 (20.5) | 46.5 (19.7) | 8.1 (13.5) | 14.6 (15.5) | 19.8 (16.4) | 61.2 (149) | 105.3 (151) | 124.4 (152) |
| Ru | 27.7 (22.1) | 37.7 (20.7) | 50.5 (20.2) | 9.4 (11.7) | 16.0 (11.1) | 21.0 (14.4) | 27.2 (123) | 73.6 (123) | 104.3 (115) |
| Placebo | 30.8 (20.1) | 43.0 (21.4) | 52.8 (21.0) | 11.1 (12.2) | 17.1 (12.7) | 23.8 (13.0) | 35.0 (121) | 85.8 (132) | 123.5 (132) |