Clinical Study

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

Table 7

Table 7 shows the Chi-square probability values for findings on physical assessment correlated with SPECT in the patellofemoral compartment of the knee in both study groups.

Control groupStudy group
PtMedPsPtMedPwPtLatPsPtLatPwPtMedPsPtMedPwPtLatPsPtLatPw

ALIGNMENT0.4867 0.4781 0.4985 0.4586 0.0494 0.1587 0.0792 0.2204
ROTATION
FLUID0.3640 0.1412 0.4929 0.6725 0.2080 0.4641 0.8876 0.5358
SYNOVIA0.3640 0.1412 0.4929 0.6725 0.1616 0.1671 0.5050 0.8314
MEDJO0.7567 0.9400 0.0709 0.3517 0.2477 0.2942 0.2880 0.8385
LATJO0.6851 0.7665 0.1500 0.6485 0.3595 0.4196 0.5102 0.4376
PATJO0.6159 0.7883 0.0291 0.3608 0.2462 0.2258 0.5566 0.8241
POPFOS0.1297 0.1936 0.2991 0.6752 0.0296 0.0233 0.7122 0.4781
BAKER0.3698 0.5125 0.5567 0.3671 0.0812 0.3539 0.2523 0.3792
PES0.1486 0.3352 0.1117 0.1667 0.1662 0.1805 0.9667 0.8314
BHT0.6883 0.4029 0.4818 0.5574
EXT0.4610 0.8594 0.6576 0.5799 0.3802 0.5156 0.1197 0.1234
FLEX0.2906 0.8298 0.5738 0.5866 0.5024 0.1068 0.7451 0.0406
MCMURRY0.9053 0.1328 0.7643 0.9467
APLEY0.7680 0.3041 0.3185 0.5135
COMPRES0.8001 0.6545 0.6907 0.0843
ANTDRW0.3640 0.5059 0.4929 0.6725 0.8001 0.8180 0.3732 0.3362
POSTDRW
MEDSTA0.3755 0.5460 0.2991 0.2928 0.6359 0.5955 0.1352 0.3865
LATSTA0.6694 0.7702 0.2255 0.6029
PATGRIN0.4322 0.2826 0.00710.1874 0.5874 0.7193 0.8839 0.9198
QANGLE0.6063 0.2804 0.3624 0.7035 0.0791 0.0447 0.8936 0.7289

RetPtPsRetPtPwRetPtPsRetPtPw

ALIGNMENT0.2691 0.3501 0.1409 0.5555
ROTATION
FLUID0.6862 0.8363 0.0240 0.0364
SYNOVIA0.6862 0.8363 0.0326 0.0884
MEDJO0.5818 0.6625 0.5712 0.7996
LATJO0.5178 0.4640 0.4778 0.8283
PATJO0.6862 0.8363 0.0876 0.2477
POPFOS0.4671 0.6307 0.4353 0.9277
BAKER0.6814 0.8322 0.3530 0.1527
PES0.6940 0.4988 0.6045 0.8145
BHT0.0537 0.3714
EXT0.2504 0.5800 0.0197 0.0015
FLEX0.5313 0.9295 0.00100.0020
MCMURRY0.0227 0.1131
APLEY0.2539 0.4998
COMPRES0.2475 0.0578
ANTDRW0.6862 0.8363 0.8480 0.7694
POSTDRW
MEDSTA0.7855 0.8348 0.3851 0.6382
LATSTA0.6459 0.6930
PATGRIN0.4694 0.2215 0.0646 0.1049
QANGLE0.6842 0.9563 0.5754 0.8115