Table 1.

Mean values with standard deviation of VAS, IKDC, SF-36 in both groups.

VARIABLES	GROUP A	GROUP B	P-value for Time	P-value for Group × Time interaction
VAS
PRE-OP	6.62±1.26	6.43±1.91	p < 0.001	p = 0.469
3 MONTHS	4.46±0.52	3.50±2.35
6 MONTHS	3.00±1.63	2.43±1.22
12 MONTHS	3.00±1.53	1.79±0.89
24 MONTHS	3.54±2.26	3.36±2.84
IKDC
PRE-OP	37.02±12.00	34.63±15.00	p < 0.001	p = 0.457
3 MONTHS	37.40±10.83	47.01±16.31
6 MONTHS	58.05±11.90	60.60±8.99
12 MONTHS	62.58±9.60	72.10±5.93
24 MONTHS	62.13±19.00	67.11±26.74
SF-36
PRE-OP	48.07±15.00	54.72±15.42	p < 0.001	p = 0.346
3 MONTHS	48.35±17.77	47.44±8.60
6 MONTHS	68.71±15.92	64.11±12.60
12 MONTHS	72.84±15.00	76.23±8.30
24 MONTHS	66.13±22.00	70.32±18.43