Baseline n=98 | 1-Year follow-up n=85 | 6-Year follow-up n=54 | |||
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Persistent symptoms n=35 | Recovered n=50 | Persistent symptoms n=10 | Recovered n=44 | ||
Measures of severity | |||||
Knee pain NRS 0–10, mean (SD) | 4.3 (2.0) | 3.6 (2.2) | 0.7 (1.3) | 2.8 (1.4) | 0.5 (1.1) |
Lysholm score 0–100, mean (SD) | 73.7 (14.6) | 71.6 (17.4) | 93.6 (7.7) | 72.6 (17.9) | 74.9 (14.0) |
WOMAC index 0–100, mean (SD) | 21.2 (17.3) | 16.1 (16.9) | 2.3 (3.6) | 19.6 (11.1) | 3.7 (8.4) |
WOMAC pain 0–100, mean (SD) | 26.8 (18.7) | 18.4 (17.2) | 2.9 (5.2) | 28.8 (19.2) | 4.3 (8.9) |
WOMAC stiffness 0–100, mean (SD) | 19.8 (22.3) | 19.9 (23.7) | 4.3 (9.9) | 42.2 (29.8) | 5.0 (13.0) |
WOMAC function 0–100, mean (SD) | 22.0 (18.8) | 15.0 (17.4) | 1.8 (3.1) | 15.8 (10.7) | 3.4 (8.1) |
Nature/type of knee symptoms compared with baseline | |||||
Other symptoms, n (%) | − | − | − | 1 (10) | 4 (9) |
Same symptoms, n (%) | − | − | − | 4 (40) | 5 (11) |
Same and other symptoms, n (%) | − | − | − | 3 (30) | 0 (0) |
GP, general practitioner; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.