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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Association between foot posture and tibiofemoral contact forces during barefoot walking in patients with knee osteoarthritis

 

Controls (n = 18)

KOA (n = 18)

p-value

Age (years)

62.78 (8.58)

60.17 (6.96)

0.323

Height (cm)

157.83 (8.89)

161.44 (7.38)

0.194

Weight (kg)

54.33 (10.60)

65.97 (11.07)

0.003*

Female, n (%)

14 (78%)

14 (78%)

1.000

Walking Speed (m/s)

1.30 (0.15)

1.18 (0.13)

0.016*

Tibiofemoral alignment (deg)

177.35 (1.95)

180.28 (1.87)

 

K/L grade, 2/3/4

N/A

11/ 7/ 0

 
  1. K/L grade, Kellgren and Lawrence grade. Values are presented as mean (SD). P-values were obtained from the independent t-test. *P < 0.05
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