Table 2.
The percentage of patients improving, not changing, or deteriorating for KOOS subscales over time
| non-ROA | ROA | ||||||
| KOOS subscales | cut-off | n = 80 | n = 53 | ||||
| + | no change | -- | + | no change | -- | ||
| % | % | ||||||
| pain | 10 | 13 | 76 | 11 | 21 | 66 | 13 |
| 20 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 6 | |
| symptoms | 10 | 16 | 69 | 15 | 26 | 55 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | 86 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 9 | |
| ADL | 10 | 9 | 79 | 13 | 19 | 64 | 17 |
| 20 | 5 | 86 | 9 | 15 | 79 | 6 | |
| sports/rec | 10 | 19 | 60 | 21 | 28 | 42 | 30 |
| 20 | 11 | 76 | 13 | 21 | 64 | 15 | |
| QOL | 10 | 20 | 56 | 24 | 26 | 57 | 17 |
| 20 | 5 | 88 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 9 |
The percentage of patients, with and without radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA), improving, not changing, or deteriorating for KOOS subscales over the 2 year study period. For definition of ROA see methods. Two cut-offs for change (≥ 10 and ≥ 20 points) are presented.