Table 4 Preoperative and postoperative functional outcomes and clinical results in the MPFLr + TTT group and iMPFLr group
|  | MPFLr + TTT group (n = 51) | iMPFLr group (n = 48) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Kujala score | |||
Baseline | 60.90 ± 9.20 | 62.24 ± 8.13 | 0.644 |
Final follow-up | 86.10 ± 5.02 | 85.18 ± 5.79 | 0.604 |
Kujala improvement | 25.19 ± 12.27 | 22.94 ± 9.13 | 0.534 |
Lysholm score | |||
Baseline | 48.76 ± 6.16 | 49.89 ± 4.80 | 0.925 |
Final follow-up | 88.38 ± 2.94 | 87.65 ± 3.28 | 0.472 |
Lysholm improvement | 38.62 ± 7.63 | 38.06 ± 6.62 | 0.813 |
Tegner activity score | |||
Baseline | 3.14 ± 0.95 | 3.53 ± 0.94 | 0.223 |
Final follow-up | 5.14 ± 1.15 | 5.35 ± 1.17 | 0.583 |
Tegner improvement | 2.00 ± 1.61 | 1.82 ± 1.38 | 0.723 |
Range of motion (°) | |||
Flexion | 130.6 ± 4.9 | 133.4 ± 5.2 | 0.098 |
Extension | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 1.3 ± 0.9 | 0.160 |
Time to return to pre-injury activity level (month) | 4.6 ± 2.2 | 4.4 ± 1.9 | 0.341 |