| Rheumatoid arthritis group (n = 32) | p value between before and after | Non-rheumatoid arthritis group (n = 22) | p value between before and after | p value between RA and non-RA |
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VAS | |||||
Before | 62.56 ± 18.28 (30–90) | < 0.001* | 56.60 ± 16.76 (30–76) | < 0.001* | 0.3135 |
Final | 5.76 ± 10.44 (0–45) | 5.00 ± 9.13 (0–36) | 0.8258 | ||
JOA score | |||||
Before | 11.37 ± 3.78 (4–17) | < 0.001* | 13.19 ± 3.45 (6–17) | < 0.001* | 0.1521 |
Final | 16.64 ± 0.79 (14–17) | 16.23 ± 1.30 (13–17) | 0.3224 | ||
Ranawat class | I, II, IIIa, IIIb | Â | I, II, IIIa, IIIb | Â | Â |
Before | 4, 13, 12, 0 | < 0.001* | 6, 6, 8, 3 | < 0.001* | 0.8840 |
Final | 22, 7, 0, 0 | 19, 4, 0, 0 | 0.8535 |