Adaptive Force of hamstring muscles is reduced in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared to asymptomatic controls

Table 1 Participants' information

	ART		CON
n	20		19
age (years)	66 ± 9		62 ± 6
body mass (kg)	93.8 ± 19.1^†		83.0 ± 9.9^†
body height (cm)	175.2 ± 6.8		180.7 ± 6.1
BMI (kg/m²)	30.5 ± 5.9^†		25.6 ± 3.0^†
Dominant side (left/right/both)	2 / 13 / 4		1 / 15 / 3
number of first and second measured sides (left/right)	8 / 10	11 / 9	10 / 8	9 / 8

Anthropometric data, foot preference and number of measured sides for patients with knee osteoarthritis (ART) and asymptomatic controls (CON). Since some limbs had to be excluded (see data processing), the number of measured sides does not always match the sample size n
^†Significant differences between ART vs. CON: p < 0.05

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