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Table 2 Sagittal plane gait characteristics of all 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

  

GAIT VELOCITY (m/sec)

1.53

0.146

1.65

0.150

−0.12 (−0.197 to −0.045)

0.002(â–¡)

KINEMATIC PARAMETERS (°)

      

Hip excursion

37.4

7.78

47.4

6.22

−10.0 (−13.79 to −6.25)

<0.001(â–¡)

Knee excursion

41.2

6.08

36.9

7.07

4.3 (1.02 to 7.60)

0.011(â–¡)

Ankle excursion

19.9

3.83

19.0

7.62

0.9 (−1.84 to 3.61)

0.519(â–¡)

Initial contact

      

 Hip joint angle

29.1

5.15

29.5

7.43

−0.4 (−3.45 to 2.67)

0.825(â—Š)

 Knee joint angle

3.0

3.86

3.5

3.91

−0.5 (−2.43 to 1.56)

0.669(â–¡)

 Ankle joint angle

0.4

3.19

0.9

3.69

−0.5 (−2.18 to 1.28)

0.604(â–¡)

Midstance

      

 Hip joint angle

6.4

5.29

2.4

6.78

4.0 (0.97 to 6.92)

0.021(â—Š)

 Knee joint angle

10.9

4.31

8.5

4.33

2.4 (0.17 to 4.60)

0.035(â–¡)

 Ankle joint angle

3.9

2.85

3.1

2.95

0.9 (−0.60 to 2.36)

0.238(â—‹)

Peak hip extension

      

 Hip joint angle

−8.3

7.61

−17.9

6.85

9.6 (5.83 to 13.42)

<0.001(â–¡)

 Knee joint angle

20.5

8.22

11.5

6.04

9.0 (5.17 to 13.00)

<0.001(â–¡)

 Ankle joint angle

6.6

4.34

6.1

4.15

0.5 (−1.71 to 2.69)

0.658(â–¡)

Toe-off

      

 Hip joint angle

−2.7

6.45

−10.3

7.00

7.6 (4.17 to 10.98)

<0.001(â–¡)

 Knee joint angle

44.2

5.26

40.3

6.21

3.9 (1.10 to 6.74)

0.009(â–¡)

 Ankle joint angle

−13.3

4.48

−12.9

7.38

−0.4 (−3.24 to 2.45)

0.783(â—‹)

KINETIC PARAMETERS (Nm/BW a)

      

Initial contact

      

 Hip joint moment

−0.202

0.0709

−0.234

0.0969

0.032 (−0.0095 to 0.0726)

0.130(â—‹)

 Knee joint moment

−0.134

0.0387

−0.156

0.0396

0.019 (−0.0001 to 0.0399)

0.051(â—‹)

 Ankle joint moment

−0.005

0.0127

−0.013

0.0089

0.008 (0.0017 to 0.1377)

0.002(â—‹)

Midstance

      

 Hip joint moment

−0.105

0.0858

−0.023

0.7891

−0.082 (−0.1247 to −0.0386)

<0.001(â–¡)

 Knee joint moment

−0.037

0.0822

−0.020

0.0760

−0.017 (−0.5834 to 0.0244)

0.440(â–¡)

 Ankle joint moment

- 0.291

0.1035

−0.237

0.0761

−0.054 (−0.1037 to −0.0051)

0.007(â–¡)

Peak hip extension

      

 Hip joint moment

0.284

0.1538

0.459

0.2017

−0.176 (−0.2631 to −0.0885)

<0.001(â–¡)

 Knee joint moment

0.075

0.0737

0.053

0.1136

0.022 (−0.0230 to 0.0674)

0.408(â—Š)

 Ankle joint moment

−0.566

0.1584

−0.671

0.1976

0.105 (0.0173 to 0.1935)

0.035(â–¡)

Toe-off

      

 Hip joint moment

0.226

0.0576

0.235

0.0804

−0.005 (−0.3902 to 0.02830)

0.780(â–¡)

 Knee joint moment

0.058

0.0196

0.061

0.0279

−0.003 (−0.1486 to 0.0083)

0.621(â—Š)

 Ankle joint moment

0.008

0.0082

0.009

0.0086

−0.001 (−0.0045 to 0.0040)

0.892(â–¡)

  1. a: Newton meter/body weight.
  2. □: Student’s t-test.
  3. ◊: Welch’s t-test.
  4. ○: Mann–Whitney U-test.