Table 2. Means and standard deviations of degenerative change scores for the femur and tibia in all groups.

C.I = operated, non-medicated; C.II = operated, injections of HA vehicle; C.III = non-operated, non-medicated; C.IV = operated, non-medicated, sacrificed three months post-meniscectomy; S.I = operated, receiving intra-articular HA injections; S.II = operated, oral diacerein from the third to the seventh postoperative month; S.III = operated, received both medications.