Table 4B.

Difference in Weighted Means between Time Points for Lysholm, IKDC, Tegner and VAS scores.

		Lysholm		IKDC		Tegner		VAS
Time Comparisons		MD	p-value	MD	p-value	MD	p-value	MD	p-value
Preoperative	2–3 months	23.15	0.014	21.42	0.137	0.30∗	0.542	−4.89†	<0.001
	6 months	19.15	0.050	26.32	0.091	1.14	0.167	−4.91	0.001
	1 year	15.90	0.018	21.39	0.194			−4.12	0.013
	2 years	15.75	0.021	22.19	0.150			−3.94	<0.001
2–3 months	6 months	−4.00	0.509	5.20	0.612	0.81∗	0.201	−0.02†	0.982
	1 year	−7.25	0.146	−0.03	0.997			0.77†	0.526
	2 years	−7.40	0.151	0.77	0.945			0.95†	0.173
6 months	1 year	−3.25	0.560	−5.23	0.681			0.79	0.540
	2 years	−3.40	0.551	−4.43	0.690			1.57	0.236
1 year	2 years	−0.15	0.963	0.80	0.952			0.18	0.876

IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee; MD, mean difference; VAS, visual analog scale.

^∗This reflects the time period of 1–2 months.

^†This reflects the time period of 1–3 months.