Table 4.
Mean ± (standard deviation) for pain and patient-reported function before and after completion of either a hip/core or knee rehabilitation program. All subjects, regardless of group or sex, exhibited similar improvements in visual analog scale (VAS) and Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS) scores.
| Baseline | 6-week | % Change | Cohen's d | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male N = 61 |
Female N = 124 |
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| VASa, cm | ||||||||
| Hip/Core | 5.0 (1.7) | 5.3 (1.7) | 2.6 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.2) | 48.1% | 54.7% | 1.15 | 1.48 |
| Knee | 4.4 (1.5) | 5.3 (1.6) | 2.0 (2.1) | 2.8 (2.3) | 54.5% | 47.2% | 1.32 | 1.26 |
| AKPSa, points | ||||||||
| Hip/Core | 76.3 (9.5) | 74.5 (10.1) | 86.6 (13.8) | 87.9 (9.6) | 13.5% | 18.0% | 0.87 | 1.36 |
| Knee | 78.0 (8.8) | 75.2 (9.6) | 87.1 (10.4) | 87.0 (11.3) | 11.7% | 15.7% | 0.95 | 1.13 |
a
p < 0.0001