Clinical Study

An Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction with Patellar Tendon Autograft

Table 2

Kujala, KOOS, and SF-36 subscale scores of 10 subjects with MPFL reconstruction after, at least, a 2-year followup.

Before operation Last followup value
Min Max Mean Min Max Mean

Kujala et al.’s classification [6]11.081.059.756.098.084.40.02
KOOS [7]
 Pain27.894.475.877.8100920.04
 Symptoms25.092.864.353.610083.20.04
 Function, daily functions22.110082.489.710095.40.04
 Functions, sports, and recreational activities080.043.515.010079.00.03
 Quality of life062.527.537.593.866.30.0004
SF-36 [8]
 Physical functioning21.352.842.542.357.053.00.01
 Physical role functioning17.756.945.952.956.955.40.008
 Bodily pain 19.962.144.346.162.155.20.03
 General health32.960.147.045.863.954.80.03
 Vitality 27.158.347.436.567.754.30.2
 Social role functioning 13.256.841.645.956.853.30.03
 Emotional role functioning9.255.948.540.355.951.60.6
 Mental health21.855.644.733.155.647.20.7

Bold font refers to the value of statistical significance.