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Table 4 Comparison of knee pain and function scores during the 1-year follow-up

From: The use of bone turnover markers for monitoring the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal females undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study

Knee parameters

Groups

Baseline

3 m

6 m

12 m

VAS score

Monitoring group

6.6 ± 1.9

3.6 ± 1.6

2.0 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 1.3

Control group

6.6 ± 1.6

3.5 ± 1.6

2.8 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 1.1

p value

0.906

0.292

0.042

0.811

ROM (°)

Monitoring group

101.8± 15.6

116.4 ± 11.7

113.8 ± 11.6

108.0 ± 14.4

Control group

103.3 ± 18.4

110.4 ± 14

110.5 ± 7.5

110.7 ± 9.6

p value

0.743

0.099

0.219

0.418

OKS score

Monitoring group

46.5 ± 7.5

25.2 ± 5.5

22.4 ± 6.0

21.1 ± 4.1

Control group

48.1 ± 7.0

26.4 ± 5.8

19.0 ± 3.9

18.4 ± 3.9

p value

0.419

0.425

0.014

0.017

  1. VAS visual analog scale, ROM range of motion, OKS Oxford Knee Score