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Table 3.

Comparison of Lysholm, Mc-Gee and JOA scores between the two groups

Group	Control group (n=59)	Experimental group (n=59)	χ²/t	P
Lysholm score
Before treatment	53.10±4.52	54.05±3.66	1.255	0.212
After treatment	74.30±5.51^###	79.20±6.07^###,^**	4.591	0.001
t	22.850	27.250
P	<0.001	<0.001
Mc-Gee score
PRI score
Before treatment	16.20±2.33	16.61±2.10	1.001	0.317
After treatment	9.33±1.25^###	5.11±1.02^###,^***	20.090	<0.001
t	19.960	37.840
P	<0.001	<0.001
VAS score
Before treatment	6.54±0.77	6.40±0.80	0.969	0.335
After treatment	3.23±0.54^###	1.96±0.38^###,^***	14.770	<0.001
t	27.030	38.510
P	<0.001	<0.001
PPI score
Before treatment	3.70±0.55	3.81±0.46	1.178	0.241
After treatment	2.30±0.29^###	1.21±0.15^###,^***	25.640	<0.001
t	17.300	41.280
P	<0.001	<0.001
JOA score
Before treatment	50.22±5.62	51.31±4.58	1.155	0.251
After treatment	62.11±4.55^###	70.44±6.38^###,^***	8.165	<0.001
t	12.850	18.270
P	<0.001	<0.001

Note: Compared with before treatment;

^###

P<0.001.

Compared with the control group;

^**

P<0.01;

^***

P<0.001.

PRI: pain rating index; VAS: visual analogue scale; PPI: present pain intensity; JOA: Association.