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Table 1 Patient Characteristics and Pain Scores

From: Reliability of maximal isometric knee strength testing with modified hand-held dynamometry in patients awaiting total knee arthroplasty: useful in research and individual patient settings? A reliability study

 

All patients (n = 32)

 

Subgroup (n = 13)

  
 

Frequency (%)

Mean (SD)

Frequency (%)

Mean (SD)

 

Gender

     

   Female

26 (81.3)

 

11 (84.6)

  

   Male

6 (18.8)

 

2 (15.4)

  

Knee to be operated

     

   Right

13 (40.6)

 

5 (38.5)

  

   Left

18 (56.3)

 

7 (53.8)

  

   Both

1 (3.1)

 

1 (7.7)

  

Age (years)

 

68.38 (9.66)

 

67.54 (10.20)

 

Height (centimetres)

 

163.94 (18.03)

 

167.23 (11.13)

 

Weight (kilograms)

 

81.27 (13.25)

 

81.91 (14.15)

 

BMI

 

29.13 (4.15)

 

29.30 (4.51)

 

Pain (VAS 0-10)

   

Day 1

Day 2

A

Affected knee

 

2.6 (2.4)

 

2.89 (2.92)

2.96 (2.73)

 

Unaffected knee

 

1.5 (1.9)

 

1.49 (2.00)

1.23 (1.58)

B

Affected knee

 

1.8 (2.3)

 

1.63 (2.12)

2.12 (2.71)

 

Unaffected knee

 

0.6 (1.1)

 

0.49 (1.03)

0.53 (1.27)

  1. SD: standard deviation, BMI: Body Mass Index, VAS: Visual Analogue Scale, A: examiner A, B: examiner B
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