Results for responders/non-responders per treatment group
| Patient profile * | Δ IKDC per case | Surgeon preferred treatment ‘APM’ (%) | Correctly identified as (non-)responder (%) | |
| Responders to APM | 18 | 70.1 | 20.1 | 62.9 |
| 12 | 67.8 | 14.4 | 43.8 | |
| 15 | 64.4 | 33.0 | 69.1 | |
| 17 | 62.1 | 19.6 | 59.8 | |
| 6 | 58.6 | 21.1 | 63.4 | |
| Group average | 64.6 (58.9 to 70.3) | 21.6 (13.1 to 30.2) | 59.8 (47.9 to 71.6) | |
| Non-responders to APM | 14 | −6.9 | 39.7 | 22.7 |
| 1 | −8.05 | 7.2 | 43.8 | |
| 2 | −9.2 | 25.3 | 26.3 | |
| 5 | −11.5 | 52.6 | 23.7 | |
| 19 | −21.8 | 1.0 | 76.3 | |
| Group average | −11.5 (−19.0 to −4.0) | 25.2 (−1.7 to 52.0) | 38.6 (10.3 to 66.8) | |
| Responders to exercise therapy | 7 | 62.1 | 16.0 | 78.9 |
| 10 | 56.3 | 47.4 | 49.5 | |
| 9 | 54.0 | 5.2 | 81.4 | |
| 13 | 51.7 | 5.2 | 76.8 | |
| 8 | 46.0 | 19.6 | 74.2 | |
| Group average | 54.0 (46.7 to 61.4) | 18.7 (−2.8 to 40.2) | 72.2 (56.1 to 88.2) | |
| Non-responders to exercise therapy | 11 | −8.1 | 7.2 | 21.6 |
| 20 | −8.1 | 7.2 | 18.6 | |
| 3 | −12.6 | 43.8 | 38.1 | |
| 16 | −12.6 | 37.6 | 44.8 | |
| 4 | −24.1 | 9.8 | 23.7 | |
| Group average | −13.1 (−21.3 to -4.9) | 21.1 (−1.3 to 43.5) | 29.4 (15.2 to 43.6) |
Group average is expressed as percentage with CI.
*The patient profile numbers match the patient profile numbers in online supplement 1.
APM, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy;CI, confidence interval; IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee.