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Table 1 Summary of measures to be collected

From: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in middle-aged patients with mild or no knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a double-blind, randomized sham-controlled multi-centre trial

Variable

Baseline

Intermediate

Primary endpoint

Follow-up

 

T = 0 mths

T = 3 mths

T = 2 yrs

T = 5 yrs

Baseline data

    

  Age – yr

@

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  Female sex - no. (%)

@

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  Duration of knee symptoms - months

@

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  Height - cm

@

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  Body weight - kg

@

n.a.

@

@

  Self-efficacy scale

@

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

    

  Pain – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

  Symptoms - range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

  Function in daily living – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

  Function in sport and recreation – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

  Knee related Quality of life – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

EQ-5D

    

  Global disease descriptive system

@

@

@

@

  VAS patient global assessment of disease status - 0-100

@

@

@

@

Short-Form-36 health survey - acute form

    

  Physical component summary – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

  Mental component summary – range: 0-100

@

@

@

@

Global Perceived Effect

    

  7 step scale ranging from much worse to much better

n.a.

@

@

@

Standardized knee radiographic with SynaFlexer

    

  JSW and presence of osteophytes

@

n.a

n.a

@

Performance measures

    

  Single leg hop test

@

@

@

n.a.

  Knee-bending test

@

@

@

n.a.

  Isometric knee extensor strength

@

@

@

n.a.

  1. @ = Assessed; n.a. = not assessed; VAS = Visual Analogue Scale; JSW = joint space width.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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