Table 5: Response to acute GC treatment therapies between T0 - T3.

 Treatment regimen  GSUS sum score  p value  PDUS sum score  p value
 Intraarticular GCs  4.71 ± 3.54  p=0.035*  3.26 ± 3.83  p=0.362
vs.
 No GCs  2.88 ± 2.80  2.10 ± 2.38
 Systemic GCs  2.90 ± 3.20  p=0.993  2.72 ± 5.50  p=0.716
vs.
 No GCs  2.88 ± 2.80  2.10 ± 2.38
 Intraarticular GCs  4.71 ± 3.54  P=0.008**  3.26 ± 3.83  p=0.454
vs.
 Systemic GCs  2.90 ± 3.20  2.72 ± 5.50

Mean values ± SD. P value was calculated using the Mann-Whitney-U-Test, * p<0.05; ** p<0.01.