From: Symptomatic knee disorders in floor layers and graphic designers. A cross-sectional study
KOOS subscales | Pain | Symptom | ADL | Sport_re | QOL | |||||
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mean | P-value* | mean | P-value* | mean | P-value* | mean | P-value* | mean | P-value* | |
Floor layers (n=134) | 79.67 | < 0.001 | 81.28 | < 0.001 | 82.22 | < 0.001 | 69.28 | 0.007 | 67.57 | 0.002 |
Graphic designers (n=120) | 89.44 | 89.57 | 89.23 | 78.43 | 78.53 | |||||
Tibio-femoral knee OA** | ||||||||||
yes (n=216) | 72.69 | < 0.001 | 71.83 | < 0.001 | 75.08 | < 0.001 | 56.81 | < 0.001 | 53.65 | <0.001 |
no (n=37) | 86.19 | 87.41 | 87.26 | 76.40 | 75.92 | |||||
Patello-femoral knee OA** | ||||||||||
yes (n=220) | 78.82 | 0.009 | 80.69 | 0.009 | 79.32 | 0.001 | 62.34 | 0.007 | 62.50 | 0.013 |
no (n=33) | 85.03 | 85.80 | 86.40 | 75.21 | 74.19 | |||||
MRI-detected meniscal lesion in one or both knees# | ||||||||||
yes (n=74) | 82.64 | 0.220 | 83.83 | 0.280 | 84.35 | 0.029 | 72.36 | 0.073 | 69.01 | 0.039 |
no (n=50) | 81.62 | 81.76 | 83.29 | 69.26 | 72.34 |