Table 3.
Medical consumption at one-year follow-up.
Medical consumption | Athletes | Non-athletes | OR (95%CI) | p-value |
Revisiting visit general practitioner | 36.8% | 35.8% | 1.43 (1.04–1.96) | 0.029 |
Visit to therapist or specialist: | 40.6% | 38.7% | 1.38 (1.01 – 1.88) | 0.045 |
Physiotherapist | 30.4% | 29.6% | ||
Specialist | 6.2% | 4.4% | ||
Rheumatologist | 0.0% | 0.8% | ||
Orthopaedic surgeon | 20.0% | 18.0% | ||
Revalidation specialist | 0.2% | 0.0% | ||
Therapist Cesar/Mensendieck | 0.7% | 1.0% |
Analyses adjusted for gender, age, BMI, trauma and baseline WOMAC-score.
Significant differences are printed bold.