Knee joints with suprapatellar effusion (%)
|
105 (50.0)
|
100 (47.6)
|
0.696
|
Mean amount of suprapatellar effusion (mm with SD)
|
15.5 ± 17.0
|
13.9 ± 15.9
|
0.151
|
Knee joint baseline-to-follow-up comparison (%)
| | | |
unchanged joint finding at follow-up
| |
140 (66.7)
| |
deteriorated joint finding at follow-up
| |
32 (15.2)
| |
improved joint finding at follow-up
| |
38 (18.1)
| |
Prevalence of patellar tendon hypervascularity (%)
|
1 (0.5)
|
21 (10.0)
|
< 0.001
|
Talocrural joints with effusion (%)
|
38 (18.1)
|
33 (15.7)
|
0.603
|
Mean amount of talocrural effusion (mm with SD)
|
5.2 ± 11.8
|
4.7 ± 11.6
|
0.565
|
Talocrural joint baseline-to-follow-up comparison (%)
| | | |
unchanged joint finding at follow-up
| |
173 (82.3)
| |
deteriorated joint finding at follow-up
| |
15 (7.2)
| |
improved joint finding at follow-up
| |
22 (10.5)
| |