Table 4.
Arthroscopy findings and treatment procedures among patients in the arthroscopy group
| Kujala score | |||||
| Arthroscopy findings | Number of arthroscopy findings in 28 knees | Treatment procedures | at baseline, mean (SD) | at 9-month follow-up, mean (SD) | mean change (95% CI) |
| Articular cartilage lesion; no other findings | |||||
| Grade I | 1 | No treatment | 52.0 | 58.0 | 6.0 |
| Grade II | 4 | No treatment | 68.0 (11.1) | 86.3 (11.0)1 | 14.8 (9.5 to 20.0)1 |
| Grade III | 8 | Shaving | 66.1 (13.0) | 82.0 (12.5) | 15.9 (8.7 to 23.0) |
| Grade IV | 1 | Shaving | 51.0 | 59.0 | 8.0 |
| Inflamed/scarred plicae; no other findings | 4 | Resection | 73.0 (10.1) | 79.8 (8.8) | 6.8 (-11.5 to 25.0) |
| Meniscal lesion; no other findings | 1 | Partial resection | 72.0 | 52.0 | -20.0 |
| Patellar subluxation; no other findings | 1 | No treatment | 71.0 | 66.0 | -5.0 |
| Patellofemoral dysplasia; no other findings | 1 | Lateral capsular discision | 74.0 | 98.0 | 24.0 |
| Articular cartilage lesion and inflamed/scarred plicae | 1 | Shaving and plica partial resection | 66.0 | 93.0 | 27.0 |
| Articular cartilage lesion and meniscal lesion | 1 | Shaving and meniscal partial resection | 74.0 | 100.0 | 26.0 |
| Normal findings | 5 | No treatment | 72.2 (11.7) | 89.2 (9.5) | 17.0 (1.6 to 32.4) |
1N = 3; one patient lost to 9-month follow-up