Table 3 Comparison of effects of exercise training between treatment groups
Outcome measure | Neutral training group (n=14) | Hypermobile training group (n=11) | Difference in change scores between groups | P value | Cohen’s D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Baseline mean (SD) | Post-treatment mean (SD) | Mean change | Baseline mean (SD) | Post-treatment mean (SD) | Mean change | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Mean difference (H-N) | Lower bound of 95% CI | Upper bound of 95% CI | Â | Â |
Primary Outcome Measures | |||||||||||
Child’s report of mean knee pain over the week 1 | 40.04 (16.59) | 20.14 (18.37) | −19.9 | 38.55 (16.89) | 29.36 (17.99) | −9.19 | 10.71 | −7.9 | 29.33 | 0.246 | 0.61 |
Child’s report of maximum knee pain over the week 1 | 57.68 (23.12) | 35.64 (28.57) | −22.04 | 53.23 (23.55) | 39.18 (27.21) | −14.05 | 7.99 | −14.66 | 30.64 | 0.473 | 0.31 |
Secondary Outcome Measures | |||||||||||
Child Reported Measures | |||||||||||
PGIC2 | 0.29 (1.14) | 1.71 (0.99) | 1.43 | 0.18 (0.87) | 1.82 (0.75) | 1.64 | 0.21 | −0.81 | 1.22 | 0.675 | 0.22 |
CHAQ 383 | −0.13 (0.44) | −0.01 (0.60) | 0.12 | 0.04 (0.71) | 0.05 (0.72) | 0.02 | 0.10 | −0.25 | 0.45 | 0.552 | 0.16 |
Physical Measures | |||||||||||
Overall thigh strength (N) | 4.02 (1.72) | 4.9 (2.17) | 0.88 | 4.38 (2.37) | 5.59 (1.45) | 1.21 | 0.33 | −1.66 | 1 | 0.608 | 0.17 |
No. of flights of stairs ran in 2 minutes | 16.32 (5.00) | 20.11 (5.52) | 3.79 | 20.88 (6.69) | 20.55 (5.44) | −0.33 | −4.12 | 0.301 | −8.523 | 0.118 | 0.73 |
Parent Reported Measures (CHQ-PF50) 4 | |||||||||||
Physical Summary Score | 32.01 (11.86) | 42.08 (10.81) | 10.07 | 41.61 (14.96) | 43.91 (15.05) | 2.3 | −7.77 | −14.99 | −0.55 | 0.037* | 0.59 |
Psychosocial Summary Score | 46.35 (12.26) | 45.41 (13.49) | −0.94 | 46.29 (8.95) | 54.41 (4.42) | 8.12 | 9.06 | 2.66 | 15.47 | 0.009* | 0.83 |