Clinical Study

SPECT versus Planar Scintigraphy as a Clinical Aid in Evaluation of the Elderly with Knee Pain

Table 6

Table 6 shows the Chi-square probability values for findings on physical assessment correlated with SPECT in the medial compartment of the knee in both study groups.

Control groupStudy group
MedFmPsMedFmPwMedTiPsMedTiPwMedFmPsMedFmPwMedTiPsMedTiPw

ALIGNMENT0.16310.21820.59990.50610.15470.20910.1320 0.0012
ROTATION
FLUID0.59480.86050.75800.77680.8517 0.9540 0.00600.0003
SYNOVIA0.54980.86050.75800.77680.7471 0.8934 0.00990.0012
MEDJO0.9016 0.9162 0.2380 0.27710.68920.2763 0.00140.0017
LATJO0.24690.5510 0.73970.69710.93760.96420.92390.3330
PATJO0.5498 0.8605 0.75800.77680.0129 0.0476 <0.00010.0003
POPFOS0.33090.0120 0.77920.05710.07060.00070.0451 0.1218
BAKER0.05160.09840.29840.00170.8136 0.8936 0.2440 0.0797
PES0.84690.94700.0979 0.0277 0.1222 0.24400.0318 0.2220
BHT0.9412 0.9130 0.09110.0989
EXT0.25740.50780.07820.8365 0.00090.00250.0022<0.0001
FLEX0.0434 0.08230.86930.9067 0.62870.62940.0379 0.0040
MCMURRY0.0364 0.08420.58120.6365
APLEY0.00550.00910.23760.0978
COMPRES0.67470.85260.00880.0614
ANTDRW0.59480.86050.75800.77680.74400.6974 0.75820.8374
POSTDRW
MEDSTA0.44950.7381<0.00010.05500.96610.51630.51910.5013
LATSTA0.94550.38570.40090.7275
PATGRIN0.74990.85470.4577 0.55750.0115 0.0282 0.00090.0019
QANGLE0.16450.25350.13660.37330.0218 0.00100.28680.0120