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Table 1 Anthropometric data and walking speed of patients and healthy controls

From: Are changes in radiological leg alignment and femoral parameters after total hip replacement responsible for joint loading during gait?

 

gait

leg alignment

patients

postoperative

(N = 22)

healthy controls (N = 15)

 

healthy

controls

(N = 53)

 

Age (years)

62.3 (10.2)

61.5 (8.0)

P = 0.804

41.8 (8.2)

P < 0.001

Height (m)

1.71 (0.10)

1.74 (0.09)

P = 0.353

1.69 (0.10)

P = 0.476

Weight (kg)

82.4 (16.7)

71.7 (14.7)

P = 0.053

74.3 (13.7)

P = 0.033

BMI (kgm−2)

28.2 (4.9)

23.5 (2.9)

P = 0.002

25.9 (3.5)

P = 0.060*

Speed (ms−1)

1.15 (0.14)

1.26 (0.09)

P = 0.009

  
  1. Values are mean values with standard deviation in parenthesis. Comparison between patients and healthy controls with corresponding P-values (Independent-Samples T-Tests). BMI: body mass index; significant differences are bold printed. * Variances not equal (Levene’s Test)
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