Table 2 Mean score and standard deviation (SD) in three groups of subjects: patients with patellar tendinopathy (P); basket-ball players (B); and healthy students (H), and analysis of variance (ANOVA) of group differences of the Swedish VISA score.
Patients (n = 17) | Basketball (n = 17) | Healthy student (n = 17) | Total (n = 51) | ANOVA | ||||||||
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Question | Occasion | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F | p | Tukey |
Q1. For how many minutes can you sit pain free? | A | 5.41 | 2.94 | 7.53 | 2.88 | 7.24 | 3.52 | 6.73 | 3.21 | 2.29 | n.s | ns |
B | 6.06 | 2.80 | 7.82 | 2.65 | 7.18 | 3.63 | 7.02 | 3.08 | ||||
Q2. Do you have pain walking down-stairs with a normal gait cycle? | A | 5.94 | 2.35 | 8.47 | 2.81 | 8.94 | 1.34 | 7.78 | 2.58 | 8.70 | p < 0.001 | P < B;P < H |
B | 6.94 | 2.02 | 8.82 | 1.98 | 8.41 | 2.18 | 8.06 | 2.18 | ||||
Q3. Do you have pain at the knee with full active non-weight bearing knee extension? | A | 6.59 | 3.00 | 8.47 | 2.53 | 9.53 | 1.06 | 8.20 | 2.61 | 6.84 | p < 0.05 | P < H |
B | 6.29 | 2.44 | 8.82 | 1.97 | 9.18 | 1.33 | 8.10 | 2.33 | ||||
Q4. Do you have pain when doing a full weight bearing lunge? | A | 4.41 | 2.89 | 7.65 | 3.08 | 8.06 | 2.19 | 6.71 | 3.16 | 8.97 | p < 0.05 | p < B;p < H |
B | 5.24 | 2.86 | 7.88 | 2.83 | 8.00 | 2.24 | 7.04 | 2.91 | ||||
Q5. Do you have problems squatting? | A | 5.76 | 2.28 | 7.35 | 3.26 | 8.24 | 1.98 | 7.12 | 2.71 | 4.05 | p < 0.05 | p < H |
B | 6.65 | 2.47 | 7.76 | 2.88 | 8.18 | 2.27 | 7.53 | 2.58 | ||||
Q6. Do you have pain during or immediately after doing 10 single leg hops? | A | 3.29 | 2.33 | 6.65 | 3.62 | 8.18 | 2.55 | 6.04 | 3.50 | 12.66 | p < 0.001 | p < B;p < H |
B | 4.29 | 2.87 | 6.71 | 3.88 | 8.18 | 2.04 | 6.39 | 3.38 | ||||
Q7. Are you currently undertaking sport or other physical activity? | A | 5.00 | 2.48 | 9.47 | 1.58 | 7.35 | 2.98 | 7.27 | 3.00 | 14.57 | p < 0.001 | p < H<B |
B | 4.41 | 2.62 | 9.47 | 1.58 | 7.00 | 2.81 | 6.96 | 3.14 | ||||
Q8. For how long can you manage being train/physically active? | A | 11.35 | 10.94 | 23.41 | 8.27 | 25.53 | 5.68 | 20.10 | 10.50 | 13.54 | p < 0.001 | p < B;p < H |
B | 12.41 | 10.25 | 22.82 | 8.13 | 25.53 | 5.68 | 20.25 | 9.86 | ||||
Total score | A | 47.76 | 20.26 | 79.00 | 24.18 | 83.06 | 12.60 | 69.94 | 24.96 | 16.48 | p < 0.001 | p < B;p < H |
B | 52.29 | 18.98 | 80.12 | 22.82 | 81.65 | 15.48 | 71.35 | 23.33 | ||||