Table 2 Synovial fluid analysis from the knee with the reciprocating and conventional syringes.

	White blood	Neutrophils (%)	Monocytes (%)	Lymphocytes (%)	Red blood	Volume (ml)	No of knee fluid samples
	cells/mm3				cells/mm3
Conventional syringe	11 439 (9786)	60.6 (35.5)	27.8 (25.4)	11.7 (10.7)	49 222 (79 513)	8.89 (2.47)	9
Reciprocating syringe	16 950 (14 089)	59.7 (25.8)	29.7 (27.8)	8.29 (5.54)	14 832 (14 906)	13.26 (6.47)	9
Significance	p = 0.20	p = 0.91	p = 0.65	p = 0.49	p = 0.24	p = 0.06

Values are mean (SD).