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Table 2 Comparison of clinical outcomes between the viscosupplementation group and the control group

From: The efficacy of intraarticular viscosupplementation after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: a randomized controlled trial

 

Preoperative

2 weeks Post-surgery

6 weeks Post-surgery

3 months Post-surgery

IKDC subjective score

 Viscosupplementation group

37.4 ± 11.9

43.6 ± 13.8

54.5 ± 12.4

54.4 ± 15.9

 Control group

41.9 ± 15.0

45.4 ± 16.2

50 ± 15.0

53.2 ± 17.2

P-value

n.s

n.s

n.s

n.s

Lysholm score

 Viscosupplementation group

48.3 ± 17.2

57.1 ± 20.8

67.9 ± 17.8

66.8 ± 22.7

  Control group

48.2 ± 21.4

59.0 ± 21.3

62.5 ± 23.3

65.6 ± 23.8

P-value

n.s

n.s

n.s

n.s

Tegner score

 Viscosupplementation group

3.7 ± 1.8

3.7 ± 1.6

4.5 ± 2.2

4.2 ± 1.8

 Control group

4.4 ± 2.2

3.4 ± 1.8

4.1 ± 2.1

4.8 ± 2.0

P-value

n.s

n.s

n.s

n.s

WOMAC score

 Viscosupplementation group

27.5 ± 14.9

23.4 ± 15.7

14.6 ± 12.0

16.7 ± 14.9

 Control group

23.9 ± 12.9

24.4 ± 15.4

21.5 ± 20.5

15.6 ± 14.3

P-value

n.s

n.s

n.s

n.s

  1. The data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation
  2. IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index, ROM Range of motion, n.s Not significant