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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 5 Temporal pattern of functional outcome scales in patients aged < 68 years with an MB implant

From: Temporal patterns of commonly used clinical outcome scales during a 5-year period after total knee arthroplasty

Score

Preop.

p-Value

PO 6 months

p-Value

PO 1 year

p-Value

PO 2 years

p-Value

PO 5 years

ROM

127.0 (2.9)

0.022

133.3 (1.2)

0.198

134.4 (1.3)

0.017

132.2 (1.5)

0.001

128.3 (1.6)

AKS

 Knee score (100)

44.1 (1.9)

< 0.001

94.6 (1.2)

0.003

91.2 (1.2)

0.006

93.7 (0.9)

0.671

93.4 (1.1)

 Function score (100)

59.7 (2.7)

< 0.001

95.0 (1.8)

0.722

95.6 (1.6)

0.022

98.1 (1.1)

0.521

98.1 (1.1)

WOMAC

 Pain (20)

10.6 (0.9)

< 0.001

3.9 (0.7)

0.014

2.4 (0.4)

0.806

2.3 (0.4)

0.718

2.1 (0.5)

 Stiffness (8)

4.6 (0.4)

< 0.001

2.4 (0.3)

0.121

2.0 (0.3)

0.589

1.8 (0.2)

0.171

1.3 (0.2)

 Function (68)

38.2 (2.6)

< 0.001

22.4 (2.0)

< 0.001

13.4 (1.2)

0.231

15.4 (1.4)

0.092

11.4 (2.1)

SF-36

 PCS

29.2 (1.3)

< 0.001

39.9 (1.6)

0.001

46.6 (1.2)

0.023

43.2 (1.3)

0.279

45.3 (1.2)

 MCS

41.8 (1.5)

0.002

47.0 (1.9)

0.340

48.9 (1.5)

0.314

46.8 (1.8)

0.193

50.3 (1.8)

  1. MB mobile bearing, Preop. preoperative, PO postoperative, ROM range of movement, AKS American Knee Society score, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index score, SF-36 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, PCS physical component summary, MCS mental component summary
  2. Italics indicates significant p-values