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Table 4 Results of WORMS of the knee joint of healthy and gracilis harvested limbs

From: Tendon regeneration and muscle hypotrophy after isolated Gracilis tendon harvesting - a pilot study

 

Mean/Median Healthy

95%-CI/IQR Healthy

Mean/median Gracilis Harvest

95%-CI/IQR Gracilis Harvest

p-value

Total combined score

6.3

2.5–10

10

5.4–15.5

0.095

Cartilage

4.8

1.4–7.4

4.3–10.8

4.3–10.8

0.086

Bone marrow abnormality

0

0–0

0

0–0

0.375

Subarticular cysts

0

0–0

0

0–0

♦

Subarticular bone attrition

0

0–0

0

0–0

♦

Osteophytes

0

0–0

0

0–0

>  0.999

Menisci

0

0–0

0

0–2.5

0.125

Ligaments (cruciates and collaterals)

0

0–0

0

0–0

♦

Synovitis/effusiona

0.3

−0.1 - 0.5

0.3

−0.1 - 0.5

>  0.999

Loose bodies

0

0–0

0

0–0

♦

Periarticular cysts / bursitis

0.5

0.0–1.0

0.5

0.0–1.0

> 0.999

  1. ♦no difference between the two limbs, cannot calculate a paired t-test or Wilcoxon test. aGaussian distribution. CI confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range