Table 4 Mean, standard deviation and effects of intervention and follow-up on kinetics and kinematics of ankle
Kinetic and kinematic | |||||||||
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Control group | Intervention group | Intervention effect | Follow-up effect | ||||||
Baseline (a) n = 29 | 12 weeks (b) n = 29 | Baseline (c) n = 26 | 12 weeks (d) n = 26 | 24 weeks (e) n = 26 | Effect size-b-d(Cohen’s d) | pa-b-c-d(interaction) | Efect size (Cohen’s d) | pc-d-e | |
Sagittal ankle range of motion of stance phase (°) | 22.5† (3.5) | 18.9† (4.1) | 20.8 (4.9) | 20.8 (3.3) | 19.6 (2.1) | 0.53 (medium) | 0.001 | 0.02 (small)c-d | 0.14 |
0.31 (small)c-e | |||||||||
Sagittal ankle angle at the end of propulsion phase (°) | -8.4† (5.8) | -5.5† (3.9) | -7.5 (6.4) | -7.5 (4.6) | -7.8 (4.2) | 0.46 (medium) | 0.02 | (small)c-d | 0.91 |
0.05 (small)c-e | |||||||||
Sagittal peak of extensor moment of ankle ~20% stance phase (%BW.h) | -0.8 (0.2) | -0.7 (0.3) | -0.9‡¶ (0.4) | -0.7‡ (0.3) | -0.7¶ (0.3) | 0.17 (small) | 0.63 | 0.37 (small)c-d | 0.02 |
0.45 (medium)c-e | |||||||||
Sagittal peak of flexor moment of ankle ~80% stance phase (%BW.h) | 8.1 (0.7) | 8.2 (0.4) | 7.9 (0.9) | 8.2 (0.9) | 8.3 (0.4) | 0.09 (small) | 0.63 | 0.25 (small)c-d | 0.17 |
0.45 (medium)c-e | |||||||||