Table 6 Association between outcomes of special tests, performance tests and self-reported knee pain and function
|  | WOMACa Pain number of observations = 80 | WOMACa function number of observations = 80 | 20 m walkb number of observations = 83 | 6 min walkc number of observations = 80 | Berg Balanced number of observations = 83 | Timed chair stande number of observations = 74 | ||||||
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|  | F = 1.74; p = 0.09 R2 = 0.09) | F = 2.27; p = 0.023 R2 = 0.14 | F = 1.44; p = 0.18 R2 = 0.05 | F = 1.93; p = 0.06 R2 = 0.11 | F = 2.06; p = 0.04 R2 = 0.11 | F = 1.93; p = 0.06 R2 = 0.11 | ||||||
Explanatory variable | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B |
Positive Ely’s | −30.2 | 40.3 | −175.3 | 138.9 | −1.0 | 1.3 | 65.4* | 31.6 | −0.7 | 1.5 | −12.7** | 4.4 |
Positive Lachman’s | −8.9 | 37.9 | 109.3 | 130.5 | −0.8 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 29.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | −3.7 | 3.9 |
Positive McMurray's | 36.1 | 29.2 | 160.4 | 100.6 | 0.01 | 0.9 | −24.9 | 21.4 | −1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
Positive Waldron sign | −56.3 | 28.9 | −181.5 | 99.5 | −1.4 | 0.9 | 44.7* | 21.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | −2.1 | 3.0 |
Positive Apley’s (compression) | 0.21 | 34.8 | −66.3 | 120.0 | −1.5 | 1.1 | 66.0* | 25.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | −9.2* | 3.7 |
Positive Apley’s (distraction) | 86.9 | 52.0 | 489.3** | 179.1 | 3.9* | 1.7 | −99.4* | 38.3 | −1.4 | 1.9 | 9.9 | 5.9 |
Positive Grind | 6.1 | 26.1 | 75.0 | 90.0 | 0.01 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 19.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Positive Ober | −21.6 | 27.8 | −51.3 | 95.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | −44.7* | 20.2 | −2.2* | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Age | −2.0 | 1.1 | −2.0 | 3.9 | 0.02 | 0.04 | −0.6 | 0.8 | −0.1 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Female | 37.4 | 27.3 | 170.2 | 94.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | −20.3 | 20.1 | −2.6** | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.9 |