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Fig. 5 | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Fig. 5

From: Commonly used adjuvants (liquid soap, foam sanitizer, or ultrasound gel) do not improve strength or curing time of fiberglass cast material

Fig. 5

Ultimate load. Ultimate load was calculated as the maximum force sustained during testing for each adjuvant group and time point. Samples treated with foam sanitizer had significantly (p ≤ 0.0002) reduced stiffness as compared to control, liquid soap, and ultrasound gel groups at each time point, but other groups were not different from one another. Each data point represents an independent sample. A best-fit line with confidence interval (represented by the shaded area) is plotted for each group, with the R2 values for each line displayed in the upper left of the graph. Data points, best-fit lines, and confidence intervals are presented in the same color for each group as follows: blue = control, red = foam sanitizer, green = liquid soap, purple = ultrasound gel

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