Table 5.
Knee joint proprioception
| Outcome | Groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-surgery | Week 5 post-surgery | Week 12 post-surgery | Week 26 post-surgery | |||||
| Exp (n = 22) | Con (n = 21) | Exp (n = 22) | Con (n = 21) | Exp (n = 22) | Con (n = 21) | Exp (n = 22) | Con (n = 21) | |
| 15° | ||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (4) | 3 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) |
| 30° | ||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 2 (2) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 4 (3) | 5 (2) | 3 (3) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| 45° | ||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 5 (4) | 4 (3) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 3 (4) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 4 (3) | 2 (2) | 4 (3) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) |
| 60° | ||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (3) | 4 (3) |
| Outcome | Difference within groups | Difference between groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 5 minus pre-surgery | Week 12 minus pre-surgery | Week 26 minus pre-surgery | Week 5 minus pre-surgery | Week 12 minus pre-surgery | Week 26 minus pre-surgery | ||||
| Exp | Con | Exp | Con | Exp | Con | Exp-Con | Exp-Con | Exp-Con | |
| 15° | |||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 0 (3) | 0 (4) | 0 (3) | 0 (4) | 0 (3) | − 1 (4) | 0 (− 2 to 2) | 0 (− 3 to 2) | 1 (− 1 to 3) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | − 1 (4) | 1 (3) | − 1 (4) | 0 (4) | − 1 (4) | 0 (3) | − 2 (-4 to 1) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) |
| 30° | |||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 1 (3) | − 1 (4) | 2 (3) | 0 (4) | 2 (3)† | 0 (4) | 1 (− 1 to 3) | 1 (− 1 to 3) | 3 (1 to 5) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 0 (3) | 0 (4) | − 1 (3) | 2 (4) | − 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 0 (− 2 to 2) | − 2 (− 5 to 0) | − 2 (− 5 to 0) |
| 45° | |||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | − 1 (4) | 0 (4) | − 1 (4) | 0 (4) | − 2 (4) | − 1 (4) | 0 (− 3 to 2) | − 1 (− 4 to 1) | − 1 (− 4 to 1) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | 0 (4) | 1 (3) | − 1 (4) | 1 (3) | − 1 (4) | 0 (3) | 0 (− 2 to 2) | − 2 (− 4 to 0) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) |
| 60° | |||||||||
| Reconstructed leg (°) | 0 (3) | 0 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 (− 2 to 2) | 0 (− 2 to 2) | 0 (− 2 to 2) |
| Non-injured leg (°) | − 2 (3)† | − 1 (3) | − 1 (3) | 0 (3) | 0 (4) | 1 (3) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) | − 1 (− 3 to 1) |
Mean (SD) of each group, mean (SD) difference within each group, and mean (95% CI) difference between groups
Exp experimental group, Con control group
†Different compared to pre-surgery (p < 0.05)