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Table 2 Mean scores and additional clinical outcomes 3 and 12 months after knee surgery

From: Do acute inflammatory cytokines affect 3- and 12-month postoperative functional outcomes–a prospective cohort study of 12 patients with proximal tibia fractures

KOOS: 3 months (mean ± SD)

61.8 ± 13.5

KOOS: 12 months (mean ± SD)

70.4 ± 17.7

EQ-5D-5L index 12 months (mean ± SD)

0.76 ± 0.14

Kellgren-Lawrence score: 12 months

2 ± 0.7

Joint space reduction difference after 12 months

 Medial (mean ± SD) (mm)

0.36 ± 3.2

 Lateral (mean ± SD) (mm)

− 0.04 ± 3.0

 EQ 5 D VAS: 3 months (mean ± SD)

70 ± 24.0

 EQ 5 D VAS: 12 months (mean ± SD)

79.5 ± 21.2

 VAS-score: 3 months at rest (mean ± SD)

1.5 ± 1.7

 VAS-score: 3 months in activity (mean ± SD)

3.3 ± 2.4

 VAS-score: 12 months at rest (mean ± SD)

0.8 ± 1.6

 VAS-score: 12 months in activity (mean ± SD)

2.1 ± 3.0

 Swelling: 3 months from surgery (mean ± SD) (cm)

1.3 ± 0.6

 Swelling: 12 months from surgery (mean ± SD) (cm)

0.54 ± 0.52

Mobilization after 3 months

 1: Still need assistive devices

33.3%

 2: Can walk without assistive devices

11.1%

 3: Can walk more than 500 m without assistive devices

55.5%

 4: Returned to normal mobilization

0%

Mobilization after 12 months

 1: Still need assistive devices

0.0%

 2: Can walk without assistive devices

0.0%

 3: Can walk more than 500 m without assistive devices

72.7%

 4: Returned to normal mobilization

27.2%

  1. KOOS (range from 0 to 100%), EQ. 5D-5L Danish index (range from − 0.624–1, with 0, 1, and negative values corresponding to death, full health, and health states worse than death, respectively. Kellgren-Lawrence score (grade 0–4)
  2. Abbreviation
  3. KOOS: Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score VAS: visual analog scale SD: standard deviation