|
Mean score before TKA†(SD)
|
Mean score 6 months after TKA †(SD)
|
Change in score ‡ (SD)
|
95% CI
|
pvalue
|
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WOMAC
| | | | | |
Pain
|
44.2 (17.1)
|
77.3 (17.2)
|
33.1 (21.8)
|
29.5 to 36.8
|
<0.001
|
Function
|
42.1 (15.5)
|
71.9 (18.1)
|
29.8 (20.5)
|
26.3 to 33.2
|
<0.001
|
SF-36
| | | | | |
Physical functioning
|
18.5. (15.3)
|
40.9 (21.7)
|
22.4 (22.6)
|
18.6 to 26.2
|
< 0.001
|
Role physical
|
36.5 (21.7)
|
56.6 (25.6)
|
20.1 (28.9)
|
15.3 to 25.0
|
< 0.001
|
Bodily pain
|
27.6 (10.7)
|
52.1 (11.2)
|
24.5 (19.1)
|
21.3 to 27.7
|
< 0.001
|
- TKA: Total knee arthroplasty.
- SD: standard deviation.
- CI: confidence interval.
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† Scores presented as %. Higher scores always sign a better condition.
-
‡ Positive changes in score sign an improvement of the condition.