Skip to main content

Table 3 Baseline external knee moments (%BW x Ht) for preferred speed overground walking, Mean (SE)

From: Gait mechanics contribute to exercise induced pain flares in knee osteoarthritis

 

1st Peak vertical GRF BW

Flexiona

1st Adduction

2nd Adductiona

Internal rotationa

Total reactiona

Pain Flare (n = 7)

1.16 (0.03)

3.65 (0.58)

−2.94 (0.34)

−1.95 (0.32)

−0.76 (0.13)

4.85 (0.46)

No Flare (n = 11)

1.14 (0.04)

2.30 (0.39)

−2.73 (0.29)

−1.44 (0.24)

−0.73 (0.09)

3.73 (0.34)

Controls (n = 15)

1.22 (0.02)

4.10 (0.31)

−3.33 (0.33)

−2.04 (0.31)

−1.03 (0.09)

5.38 (0.37)

p-value/effect size

 PF vs C

    

p = 0.03 d = 0.66

 

 NF vs C

 

p < 0.001, d = 1.24

 

p = 0.01, d = 0.67

p = 0.001 d = 1.00

p < 0.001, d = 1.12

 PF vs NF

 

p = 0.02 d = 0.84

 

p = 0.1 d = 0.7

 

p = 0.05 d = 0.84

  1. aindicates a significant group effect. The final rows report the p-values and cohen’s d effect size for post-hoc pairwise comparisons with p < 0.1 and d > 0.4