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Table 1 Subject characteristics and hip function assessments; hip osteoarthritis patients and controls

From: Sagittal plane gait characteristics in hip osteoarthritis patients with mild to moderate symptoms compared to healthy controls: a cross-sectional study

 

HIP OA PATIENTS (n=48)

CONTROLS (n=22)

MEAN DIFFERENCE (95% CI)

P-VALUE (TEST USED)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

  

Age (years)

  59.1

  9.48

  58.5

  8.79

0.6 (−4.21 to 5.33)

0.813(â–¡)

Height (cm)

172.3

  8.36

171.7

 10.81

0.6 (−0.04 to 0.05)

0.811(â–¡)

Weight (kg)

  73.2

 12.21

 70.8

 15.13

2.4 (−4.38 to 9.17)

0.483(â–¡)

Body Mass Index

 24.6

  3.33

 23.8

  3.46

0.8 (−0.98 to 2.48)

0.388(â–¡)

Target joint MJS a

  1.9

  1.05

    

Harris Hip Score

 78.2

  8.15

 99.5

  1.19

−21.3 (−24.73 to −17.76)

<0.001(â–¡)

WOMAC b

      

 WOMAC function

 22.4

 16.38

    

 WOMAC stiffness

 32.1

 22.92

    

 WOMAC pain

 25.3

 18.07

    

Hip range of motion (°)

      

 Flexion

121.2

 17.49

138.3

  7.77

−17.1 (−25.16 to −8,86)

<0.001(â—Š)

 Extension

  0.8

  8.56

  9.9

  5.15

−9.1(−13.00 to −4.78)

<0.001(â—Š)

 Abduction

 23.0

 10.08

 31.4

  6.19

−8.4 (−12.60 to −2.90)

<0.001(â—‹)

 Adduction

 23.5

  7.48

 25.4

  5.39

−1.9 (−5.85 to 1.43)

0.317(â—‹)

 Internal rotation

 31.4

 15.01

 46.7

 11.74

−15.3 (−21.69 to −6.58)

0.001(â—‹)

 External rotation

 24.3

 12.91

 44.5

  7.49

−20.2 (−26.75 to −14.41)

<0.001(â—Š)

Muscle strength (Nm/BW*100 c)

      

 Hip flexion

120.7

 36.65

135.3

 31.95

−14.6 (−33.40 to 4.20)

0.126(â–¡)

 Hip extension

197.2

 68.96

223.4

 57.35

−26.2 (−61.17 to 8.80)

0.140(â–¡)

 Knee flexion

 87.7

 27.96

 98.3

 25.18

−10.6 (−25.09 to 3.89)

0.149(â–¡)

 Knee extension

143.6

 36.17

177.1

 34.01

−33.5 (−52.47 to −14.56)

0.001(â–¡)

  1. a: Minimal joint space.
  2. b: The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.
  3. c: Newton meter/body weight*100.
  4. □: Student’s t-test.
  5. ◊: Welch’s t-test.
  6. ○: Mann–Whitney U-test.