Research Article

Preliminary Evaluation of a New Orthotic for Patellofemoral and Multicompartment Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 1

Participant demographic information by symptom group. values reported for the main effect of symptom group ().

VariableTFOA ()PFOA ()Combined ()Overall ()Sig. group ( value)
Mean (SD)

Age (years)54.3 (11.7)60.1 (8.6)60.3 (10.5)59.4 (10.2)
Height (m)1.73 (0.11)1.73 (0.08)1.74 (0.09)1.74 (0.09)
Body mass (kg)78.8 (16.0)84.4 (12.3)94.2 (20.7)89.7 (19.1)
BMI (kg/m2)26.1 (3.7)28.1 (4.3)30.7 (4.8)29.4 (4.8)