Table 3.
Time point and variable | Score, median (IQRa) | P valueb | Estimate difference between groups (95% CI) | ||
Digital PTc group (n=35) | Control group (n=31) | ||||
Baseline | |||||
Symptoms | 35.0 (20.0) | 40.0 (30.0) | .12 | −10.0 (−20.0, 0.0) | |
Pain | 33.0 (13.0) | 33.0 (35.0) | .50 | −3.0 (−13.0, 5.0) | |
Activities of daily living | 29.0 (15.0) | 28.0 (28.0) | .75 | 1.0 (−6.0, 7.0) | |
Sports | 0.0 (6.0) | 0.0 (19.0) | .34 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | |
Quality of life | 13.0 (13.0) | 19.0 (25.0) | .03 | −6.0 (−13.0, 0.0) | |
8 weeks | |||||
Symptoms | 100.0 (5.0) | 95.0 (20.0) | .01 | 5.00 (0.0, 10.0) | |
Pain | 100.0 (7.0) | 98.0 (12.0) | .24 | 0.0 (0.0, 5.0) | |
Activities of daily living | 93.0 (11.0) | 82.0 (14.0) | <.001 | 9.0 (4.0, 13.0) | |
Sports | 50.0 (18.0) | 38.0 (19.0) | .004 | 12.0 (6.0, 19.0) | |
Quality of life | 81.0 (19.0) | 69.0 (31.0) | .08 | 6.0 (0.0, 18.0) | |
Change baseline-8 weeks | |||||
Symptoms | 60.0 (30.0) | 45.0 (30.0) | .06 | 10.0 (0.0, 20.0) | |
Pain | 60.0 (22.0) | 60.0 (32.0) | .75 | 2.0 (−10.0, 10.0) | |
Activities of daily living | 56.0 (23.0) | 57.0 (27.0) | .63 | −2.0 (−10.0, 6.0) | |
Sports | 44.0 (25.0) | 38.0 (25.0) | .26 | 6.0 (−6.0, 13.0) | |
Quality of life | 63.0 (31.0) | 50.0 (25.0) | .46 | 6.0 (−6.0, 13.0) | |
6 months | |||||
Symptoms | 100.0 (5.0) | 95.0 (10.0) | .20 | 0.0 (0.0, 5.0) | |
Pain | 100.0 (5.0) | 100.0 (7.0) | .75 | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | |
Activities of daily living | 96.0 (11.0) | 88.0 (19.0) | .02 | 4.0 (0.0, 10.0) | |
Sports | 75.0 (32.0) | 50.0 (32.0) | .01 | 19.0 (6.0, 37.0) | |
Quality of life | 94.0 (12.0) | 81.0 (19.0) | .02 | 7.0 (0.0, 19.0) | |
Change baseline-6 months | |||||
Symptoms | 60.0 (25.0) | 45.0 (30.0) | .06 | 10.0 (0.0, 20.0) | |
Pain | 65.0 (18.0) | 53.0 (30.0) | .21 | 7.0 (−5.0, 17.0) | |
Activities of daily living | 63.0 (22.0) | 56.0 (25.0) | .10 | 7.0 (−1.0, 15.0) | |
Sports | 69.0 (31.0) | 38.0 (38.0) | .004 | 25.0 (7.0, 37.0) | |
Quality of life | 75.0 (32.0) | 56.0 (31.0) | .01 | 19.0 (6.0, 25.0) |
aIQR: interquartile range.
bMann-Whitney U test.
cPT: physiotherapy.