Table 2

Knot

N

Median Total Movement (Min, Max) at 6 jerks

Median Total Movement (Min, Max) at 15 jerks


Clove

4

2.00 (0.50, 5.25)

2.38 (0.75, 24.75)

Magnus

5

2.75 (1.75, 4.00)

4.00 (2.25, 5.75)

Cow

11

5.50 (0.50, 25.00)

6.00 (2.25, 25.00)


Testing of knots in cloth tape at 10 lbs.

Differences among all knots not significant (p = 0.13 for 6 jerks and p = 0.055 for 15 jerks)

P-Values for all paired comparisons of knots > 0.017 (not significant)

Lovett et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2006 6:7   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-6-7

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