Table 4.
Patient-Reported Outcome Measure |
Group, Mean ± SD |
P Value |
Pooled Prerehabilitation- Postrehabilitation Cohen d Effect Size (95% CI)a |
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Patterned Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation |
Sham |
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Prerehabilitation |
Postrehabilitation |
Prerehabilitation |
Postrehabilitation |
Time Main Effect |
Group Main Effect |
Group × Time Interaction |
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Visual analog scale-current pain in the last week score | 0.8 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 2.0 | 0.7 ± 0.6 | .03b | .16 | .14 | −0.58 (−1.21, 0.04) |
Visual analog scale-worst pain in the last week score | 4.2 ± 1.1 | 1.9 ± 2.0 | 5.6 ± 1.2 | 2.2 ± 1.2 | <.001b | .09 | .39 | 1.92 (1.17, 2.67) |
Anterior Knee Pain Scale score | 80.4 ± 5.0 | 87.2 ± 9.7 | 73.1 ± 7.9 | 87.0 ± 5.6 | <.001b | .20 | .05 | 1.40 (0.74, 2.11,) |
Activities of Daily Living Scale score | 79.1 ± 8.5 | 88.6 ± 5.9 | 79.6 ± 12.0 | 87.3 ± 5.2 | .002b | .80 | .81 | 1.07 (0.42, 1.73) |
Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire-Knee score | 12.4 ± 5.3 | 8.6 ± 5.2 | 14.4 ± 3.6 | 11.4 ± 3.8 | .005b | .19 | .71 | −0.73 (−1.36, −0.09) |
Lower Extremity Functional Scale score | 67.0 ± 5.9 | 72.7 ± 4.9 | 64.2 ± 10.7 | 73.5 ± 4.6 | <.001b | .71 | .28 | 1.09 (0.43, 1.75) |
Global rating of change score | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 4.2 ± 1.8 | .63 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
Effect sizes were calculated to compare the pooled group's prerehabilitation and postrehabilitation scores; a positive value denotes an increase in subjective function postrehabilitation.
Indicates difference (P ≤ .05).