Table 4 Scores of ultrasonographic and radiographic evaluations (mean of the sum of the scores as shown in Tables 3 and 5) from T0 to T4 in the GC and GT

 GC

Mean ± SD

2 ± 2

6 ± 3

6 ± 3

8 ± 3

11 ± 3

0,001

Median (IQR)

2 (2–4)

5 (4–8)

6 (5–7)

7 (6–10)

10 (9–14)

0,564

 GT

Mean ± SD

2 ± 2

5 ± 3

6 ± 2

6 ± 1

7 ± 1

0,003

Median (IQR)

2 (0–3)

5 (3–6)

6 (4–7)

6 (6–7)

7 (6–8)

 GC

Mean ± SD

1 ± 1

3 ± 1

3 ± 1

2 ± 1

3 ± 2

0,005

0,361

Median (IQR)

0 (0–1)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

3 (2–4)

 GT

Mean ± SD

2 ± 1

3 ± 1

2 ± 1

2 ± 1

2 ± 1

0,038

Median (IQR)

1 (1–2)

3 (2–4)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (2–3)

Ultrasonographic

0,645

0,645

0,798

0,336

< 0,001

Radiographic

0,051

0,79

0,123

0,872

0,597