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Table 4 Predictive models for adults ankle dorsi- and plantar-flexion torque (N⋅m)

From: Ankle dorsi- and plantar-flexion torques measured by dynamometry in healthy subjects from 5 to 80 years

Logarithmic transformation of muscle function

Intercept

Height (cm)

Age (years)

Sex (0 - 1)#

Adjusted R2

SD

Left ankle dorsi-flexion

0.519

0.01596*

-0.000088

0.2419*

0.464

0.262

Right ankle dorsi-flexion

0.637

0.01573*

-0.001958

0.2659*

0.480

0.271

Left ankle plantar-flexion

3.580*

0.00698*

-0.004260*

0.0983*

0.272

0.226

Right ankle plantar-flexion

3.735*

0.00618*

-0.003320*

0.1121*

0.261

0.214

  1. Models apply to the natural logarithmic transformation of the data.
  2. # 1 for men and 0 for women.
  3. * p-value<0.05.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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