Table 3.

Analysis of the individual aspects and general classification of the modified Lysholm system according to sex.

Modified Lysholm	Category	Male (n = 153)		Female (n = 147)		p valuea
n	%	n	%
Limp	Severe or constant	0	0.0	1	0.7	0.58
Slightly	3	2.0	4	2.7
None	150	98.0	142	96.6
Support	Limp	8	5.2	6	4.1	0.63
None	145	94.8	141	95.9
Squatting	Impossible	1	0.7	0	0.0	0.63
Up to 90 degrees	0	0.0	1	0.7
Slightly impaired	11	7.2	13	8.8
No problem	141	92.2	133	90.5
Stair climbing	Slightly impaired	18	11.8	21	14.3	0.51
No problem	135	88.2	126	85.7
Joint effusion/swelling	On severe exertion	24	15.7	15	10.2	0.15
None	129	84.3	132	89.8
Locking	Occasional	6	3.9	2	1.4	0.27
“Catching” sensation	64	41.8	56	38.1
None	83	54.3	89	60.5
Pain	On walking 2 km or more	3	2.0	5	3.4	0.78
On severe exertion	15	9.8	11	7.5
Inconstant or slight	44	28.8	44	29.9
None	91	59.5	87	59.2
Instability	Occasionally in daily activities	3	2.0	2	1.4	0.75
Rarely during sports activities	7	4.6	9	6.1
Has never presented buckling	143	93.5	136	92.5
General classification	Excellent	110	71.9	112	76.2	0.41
Good	26	17.0	24	16.3
Fair	17	11.1	10	6.8
Poor	0	0.0	1	0.7
General classification (grouped)	Excellent	110	71.9	112	76.2	0.39
Not excellent	43	28.1	35	23.8
Age (years)	Mean ± SD – Median	29.6 ± 5.8 – 29		29.1 ± 6.4 – 28		0.47 b
Total score (points)	Mean ± SD – Median	92.9 ± 6.7 – 95		92.4 ± 7.0 – 95		0.42 c

^aχ² test or Fisher's exact test.

^bStudent's t-test for independent samples.

^cMann-Whitney test.