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Table 3 Calculated deep soft tissue temperature after cryotherapy treatment

From: Continuous-flow cryocompression therapy penetrates to bone level in hip fracture patients in a numerical simulation

Dimension

X-ray* (mm)

Simulated temperature (°C) at X-ray distance

Minimal

Average

Maximal

A—Trochanter

34.1 (13.8)

27.1 (2.7)

30.1 (1.9)

31.9 (1.3)

B—Central

42.6 (13.6)

31.7 (1.7)

32.5 (1.1)

33.0 (0.7)

C—Distal

37.6 (11.6)

31.0 (2.0)

32.0 (1.3)

32.8 (0.8)

D—Fracture distanceA

59.6 (10.8)

32.8 (2.1)

33.1 (1.3)

33.3 (0.8)

  1. Data are reported as mean and standard deviation
  2. *Skin distance based on first postoperative X-ray from 24 subjects
  3. AThe shortest distance measured from skin to the center of the fracture or the lateral confinement of the prosthesis in THA/HA subjects