Factors preventing kneeling in a group of pre-educated patients post total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Standardized knee pain and knee function scores in patients who could and could not kneel at 12 months post total knee arthroplasty

Score^a	Overall		Able to kneel		Unable to kneel
Score^a	No.	Standardized score (95 % CI)	No.	Standardized score (95 % CI)	No.	Standardized score (95 % CI)
Pain	82	0.89 (0.03)	57	0.91 (0.03)*	25	0.82 (0.08)*
Function	82	0.88 (0.03)	57	0.91 (0.02)^#	25	0.80 (0.06)^#

* Significant difference between standardized knee pain scores of patients who could and could not kneel (p = 0.03)
^#Significant difference between standardized knee function scores of patients who could and could not kneel (p = 0.001)
^aPain, the summation questions 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9 of the OKS; function is the summation of questions 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 of the OKS