Table 3.

Reporting of WOMAC total and individual subscales (n = 62)

	n (%)
Reported total score	41 (66)
Total and all three subscales	15 (24)
Total and two subscales (pain and function)	4 (6)a
Total only	22 (35)
Did not report total score	21 (34)
Three individual subscales	15 (24)
Two subscales (pain and function)	4 (6)
One subscale	2 (3)b

^aFor one study, the total score used was the sum of the pain and function subscales only. For three studies, the stiffness subscale was used to calculate the total score but results on the stiffness subscale were not reported separately

^bOne study reported pain subscale only and one study reported the function subscale only