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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 3 Clinical evaluation before and after surgery

From: The difficulty of continuing sports activities after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy in patient with medial knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective case series at 2-year-minimum follow-up

 

Group C (n = 10)

Group P (n = 24)

P value

JOA score

 Preoperatively

80.9 ± 6.0

80.0 ± 8.8

0.729

 Final follow-up

98.6 ± 2.2

93.8 ± 7.5

0.051

KOOS

 Final follow-up

   

  Pain

88.7 ± 10.8

79.5 ± 15.1

0.044

  Symptom

84.7 ± 9.0

82.7 ± 12.9

0.901

  ADL

89.8 ± 11.7

90.9 ± 7.8

0.802

  Sport/Rec

73.6 ± 27.7

67.7 ± 22.6

0.277

  QOL

68.1 ± 27.8

60.3 ± 25.0

0.344

 Knee pain (VAS)

  Pre-surgery

65.4 ± 18.2

79.8 ± 22.6

0.0301

  Final follow-up

8.5 ± 8.6

22.6 ± 19.8

0.048

  1. Group C: Complete return to sports and maintain sports activity levels post-surgery by the time of the final follow-up
  2. Group P: Partially return to sports and continue to sports activity at a reduced level from post-surgery
  3. Values are presented as mean ± SD
  4. JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association, KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, ADL Activities of Daily Living, Sport/Rec Sports and Recreation, QOL Quality of Life, VAS Visual analogue scale
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