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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Apr 8;72(5):661–668. doi: 10.1002/acr.23882

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline, sample size indicated if data is missing

All Participant (N=43)
Intervention (N=20)
Control (N=23)
Mean ± SD or % (n) Mean ± SD or % (n) Mean ± SD or % (n) p-value
Age (years) 67.0 ± 7.0 66.5 ± 6.9 67.5 ± 7.2 0.5
Women 53.4% (23) 40.0% (8) 65.2% (15) 0.1
BMI (kg/m2) (n=40) 31.5 ± 5.9 31.1 ± 5.6 32.0 ± 6.3 0.6
Education (≥College) 51.3% (20) 55.0% (10) 47.6% (10) 0.6
White (Other) 91% (39) 95% (19) 87% (20) 0.7
Time post-TKR to PT (days) 13.8 ± 21.3 9.6 ± 7.0 *18.0 ± 35.9 0.3
Total number of PT visits (n=39) 19 ± 8 20 ± 8 18 ± 7 0.4
Duration of PT in weeks (n=39) 9.7 ± 3.4 10.4 ± 5.5 9.0 ± 2.7 0.3
Unilateral TKR side (right) 52.7% (22) 75.0% (15) 30.4% (7) <0.004
Comorbidity (≥1) (n=42) 50.3% (21) 55.0% (11) 45.5% (10) 0.4
Knee pain at worst (VAS) 6.5 ± 2.9 6.5 ± 2.8 6.6 ± 3.0 0.9
Knee flexion (degrees) (n=42) 85.4 ± 31.4 76.3 ± 36.2 94.5 ± 26.6 0.07
Knee extension^ (degrees) (n=42) 5.7 ± 4.4 5.5 ± 3.8 5.9 ± 5.0 0.9
*

One participant in the control group started PT 6-months after unilateral TKR

Comorbidity present of; cardiovascular disease/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/stroke/cancer/history of falls/diabetes/depression

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Knee flexion and extension passive range of motion on unilateral TKR side

^

- lacking knee extension