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Table 3 WOMAC-scores

From: Comparison of patients in three different rehabilitation settings after knee or hip arthroplasty: a natural observational, prospective study

  

Ambulatory treatment

Cure

Inpatient rehabilitation

p at T2

 

n

T0

T2

∆

ES

T0

T2

∆

ES

T0

T2

∆

ES

∆AT vs. ∆Cure

∆AT vs. ∆IR

∆Cure vs. ∆IR

Global

186

40.9 (19.5)

11.5 (9.5)

−29.4 (20.0)

1.51

48.9 (19.4)

12.7 (10.7)

−36.2 (19.3)

1.87

46.0 (21.2)

18.0 (16.0)

−28.0 (20.3)

1.32

0.037*

0.937

0.052

Pain

198

40.1 (21.2)

9.4 (9.6)

−30.7 (21.4)

1.45

47.9 (22.7)

8.9 (7.9)

−39.0 (23.0)

1.72

44.5 (20.3)

13.6 (16.7)

−30.9 (22.4)

1.53

0.036*

0.448

0.101

Stiffness

197

40.9 (28.1)

14.1 (16.4)

−26.7 (28.5)

0.95

47.7 (25.6)

13.0 (11.2)

−34.6 (26.4)

1.35

47.1 (27.8)

17.7 (21.0)

−29.4 (31.0)

1.06

0.149

0.496

0.605

Function

189

41.5 (20.8)

12.0 (10.6)

−29.5 (21.1)

1.41

49.4 (20.1)

13.7 (12.4)

−35.7 (20.1)

1.78

46.4 (22.9)

19.2 (17.4)

−27.2 (22.2)

1.19

0.067

0.838

0.059

  1. All values are arithmetic mean (standard deviation). WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index ranging from 0 = no symptoms/no limitation to 100 = maximal symptoms/maximal limitation, n number of complete data sets, T0 admission to hospital, AT ambulatory treatment, IR inpatient rehabilitation, T2 6 months follow-up, ∆ difference (T2-T0), ES effect size, * statistical significance with p < 0.050