Clinical Study

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

Table 2

Table 2 shows the Chi-square probability for findings on physical assessment correlated with planar scintigraphy in the lateral compartment of the knee in both study groups.

Control groupStudy group
LatFmPsLatFmPwLatTiPsLatTiPwLatFmPsLatFmPwLatTiPsLatTiPw

ALIGNMENT0.29900.52490.93520.63680.20720.17460.0454 0.1599
ROTATION
FLUID0.70400.91740.93040.93040.19740.43800.89170.4412
SYNOVIA0.70400.91740.93040.93040.06570.24690.11100.3345
MEDJO0.0049<0.00010.31490.07240.04230.47330.34530.3470
LATJO0.0623<0.00010.99850.99850.63710.77480.77250.9457
PATJO0.0078<0.00010.93040.93040.0500 0.0368 0.97520.9130
POPFOS0.58910.84000.86420.86420.82410.95320.61070.4850
BAKER0.70230.91640.92950.92950.0164 0.11380.0253 0.0041
PES0.81120.98450.98720.98720.0324 0.27900.52620.6993
BHT0.09240.0333 0.42610.1129
EXT0.41930.67850.10410.0112 0.0003<0.00010.0105 0.0083
FLEX0.86250.81550.65020.87190.11420.09890.77590.7512
MCMURRY0.71240.55900.73860.8772
APLEY0.90400.87090.75950.8819
COMPRES0.80450.93290.81340.9375
ANTDRW0.70400.91740.93040.93040.80450.93290.81340.9375
POSTDRW
MEDSTA0.58910.84000.86420.86420.64300.82950.21790.2116
LATSTA0.71990.88320.73180.8908
PATGRIN0.11100.03200.63310.63310.0409 0.00610.36250.3731
QANGLE0.44000.70030.74220.74420.57340.77410.58960.7876