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Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficients among measurement parameters, before and after total knee arthroplasty

From: A new method for evaluation of patellar height and the position of the joint line before and after total knee arthroplasty

Measurement indices Pre-operation Post-operation
JLH AP jAP IS mIS CD BP JLH AP jAP IS mIS CD BP
PTS 0.28 −0.11 −0.32 −0.02 −0.19 −0.28 −0.39 0.17 −0.03 −0.11 −0.04 − 0.02 − 0.10 − 0.14
AP    0.76 0.19 0.69 0.70 0.62    0.66 0.25 0.76 0.68 0.65
jAP     0.27 0.60 0.78 0.70     0.21 0.52 0.79 0.74
IS      0.29 0.28 0.32      0.32 0.28 0.27
mIS       0.76 0.76       0.57 0.58
CD        0.92        0.94
  1. PTS Posterior tibial slope, AP Axis-patella, jAP Joint axis-patella, IS Insall-Salvati, mIS Modified Insall-Salvati, BP Blackburne-Peel, CD Caton-Deschamps, JLH Height of the joint line
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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