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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all TKA patients and those in the intervention and control group

From: Preoperative exercise in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a pilot randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention Group

(n = 10)

Control Group

(n = 10)

All patients

(n = 20)

p

Mean (SD) Min-Max

Mean (SD) Min-Max

Mean (SD) Min-Max

 

Male

7

5

12

n/a

Female

3

5

8

n/a

Age (years)

66.6 (7.52) 53–80

68.1 (7.68) 55–81

67.35 (7.44) 53–81

0.664

Height (cm)

174.2 (11.17) 150–185

168.35 (6.59) 155–178

171.28 (9.42) 150.0–185.0

0.171

Weight (kg)

90.2 (19.378) 65–116

80.3 (14.21) 56–103

85.25 (17.29) 56–116

0.209

Deviation of the knee joint axis (°)

9.0 (3.95) 3–14.5

12.4 (4.24) 6–19

10.7 (4.35) 3–19

0.809

  1. Abbreviation: SD Standard deviation
  2. n = Sample size
  3. p = Independent t-test
  4. n/a = not applicable
  5. *significant p < 0.05