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Table 2 Participants compliance with treatment, training diaries, activity modification, and satisfaction with treatment

From: Pain-guided activity modification during treatment for patellar tendinopathy: a feasibility and pilot randomized clinical trial

 

Pain-guided

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Pain-free

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Pain-free—complete casesa

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Proportion of prescribed treatment sessions completed (%)

86.1 (13.0)

83.3 (22.2)

67.1 (30.7)

77.8 (20.1)

78.9 (11.7)

80.6 (11.1)

Proportion of weeks compliant with treatment (%)

92.3 (9.4)

91.7 (8.3)

76.4 (37.8)

91.7 (6.3)

91.7 (5.9)

91.7 (0.0)

Proportion of days training diary was completed (%)

98.4 (2.7)

100.0 (2.4)

81.3 (40.0)

98.8 (7.7)

97.6 (4.1)

100.0 (2.4)

Proportion of days compliant with activity restrictions (%)

97.3 (3.9)

100.0 (5.4)

80.2 (39.8)

98.8 (13.1)

96.2 (7.3)

100.0 (2.4)

Days of running or jumping per week (days/wk) b

1.9 (1.4)

1.5 (2.0)

0.0 (0.2)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.2)

0.0 (0.0)

Satisfaction with treatment at 6 weeks

9.0 (1.1)

9.0 (2.0)

7.3 (2.3)

7.0 (4.3)

 

Satisfaction with treatment at 12 weeks

9.3 (1.1)

10.0 (1.0)

8.4 (2.1)

9.0 (2.0)

 
  1. aParticipant that was lost to follow-up following COVID-19 was dropped for the complete cases analysis
  2. bFirst 6 weeks used since restrictions on running and jumping were only applied for the first 6 weeks of treatment