Table 3 Modified-2D MOCART score
Feature | Score | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Mean ± SE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | |||
Defect fill | Complete | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 ± 2.7 | 6.7 ± 2.7 |
Hypertrophy | 15 | |||||||||
Incomplete > 50% | 10 | |||||||||
Incomplete > 50% | 5 | |||||||||
Subchondral bone expose | 0 | |||||||||
Cartilage interface | Complete | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 ± 1.4 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Demarcating border visible | 10 | |||||||||
Defect visible < 50% | 5 | |||||||||
Defect visible > 50% | 0 | |||||||||
Surface | Intact | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 ± 1.4 | 1.7 ± 1.4 |
Damaged < 50% of depth | 5 | |||||||||
Damaged > 50% of depth | 0 | |||||||||
Adhesion | No | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 |
Yes | 0 | |||||||||
Structure | Homogenous | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Inhomogenous / cleft formation | 0 | |||||||||
Signal intensity | Normal | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 ± 2.7 | 3.3 ± 2.7 |
Nearly normal | 10 | |||||||||
Abnormal | 0 | |||||||||
Subchondral lamina | Intact | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Not intact | 0 | |||||||||
Subchondral bone | Intact | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
Granulation tissue/ cyst / sclerosis | 0 | |||||||||
Effusion | No effusion | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 |
Effusion | 0 | |||||||||
Total (0–100) | 35 | 35 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 28.3 ± 7.6 | 21.7 ± 5.9 | ||