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Table 1 Change in average scale scores from baseline to 6-month follow-up.

From: Functional improvement after Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision: New observations on the dimensional nature of outcome

Scale

N

Baseline

Follow-up

Change‡

Normalized Change#

SF-36, PCS

172

31.2 ± 7.3

37.2 ± 9.4

6.2 ± 9.1*

0.68*

SF-36, MCS

172

48.4 ± 12.3

50.5 ± 11.4

1.5 ± 11.5

0.13

WOMAC, Pain

177

9.9 ± 4.5

5.6 ± 4.5

4.2 ± 4.8*

0.88*

WOMAC, Stiffness

181

4.1 ± 1.9

3.1 ± 2.0

1.0 ± 2.1*

0.48*

WOMAC, Diff. of Function

177

33.9 ± 14.2

21.9 ± 15.1

11.8 ± 14.4*

0.82*

KSS, Knee Rating

105

40.8 ± 18.0

76.4 ± 15.2

37.8 ± 23.0*

1.64*

KSS, Functional Assessment

160

40.4 ± 21.4

62.7 ± 25.4

23.1 ± 27.9*

0.83*

LEAS

172

7.6 ± 2.5

8.5 ± 2.6

0.9 ± 2.8*

0.33*

Physician Severity Assessment

142

6.8 ± 2.1

2.8 ± 2.1

4.1 ± 2.9*

1.42*

  1. ‡ Positive values denote improvement
  2. # Normalized by standard deviation of change
  3. * Change is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed)