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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 May 6;74(8):1384–1390. doi: 10.1002/acr.24588

Table 3.

Proportion of participants with resolution of “meniscal symptoms” over 6-months by each treatment category

	Clicking	Catching	Popping	Locking	Giving Way	Swelling
Resolution
APM, n (%)	43 (41)^*	48 (59)	39 (49)	30 (70)^*	44 (57)	43 (38)
PT, n (%)	20 (25)^*	31 (50)	23 (38)	17 (46)^*	35 (55)	36 (40)
Relative Risk (95% CI)	1.62 (1.04,2.53)	1.19(0.87,1.61)	1.31 (0.88,1.94)	1.52 (1.02,2.27)	1.04(0.78,1.40)	0.94(0.67,1.33)

APM: arthroscopic partial meniscectomy; PT: physical therapy

Relative risk >1 favors APM

‘Resolution’ reflects participants with any symptom at baseline and none at 6-month follow up, if data missing at 6-months regarded as ‘no resolution’

p<0.05 for difference in resolution between APM and PT groups