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. 2023 May 16;14:1034132. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1034132

TABLE 3.

Peak joint angle, joint moment, and joint range of motion.

Index Pregnant woman CON t p
Hip Max angle (°) 46.27 ± 1.74 39.33 ± 10.41 2.94 p = 0.01
Min angle (°) 11.12 ± 2.94* −6.61 ± 6.33 11.36 p < 0.01
ROM (°) 35.14 ± 3.21* 45.94 ± 9.24 −4.94 p < 0.01
Extension moment (Nm/kg) 0.48 ± 0.08* 1.18 ± 0.60 −5.17 p < 0.01
Flexion moment (Nm/kg) 0.28 ± 0.10* 0.94 ± 0.16 −15.64 p < 0.01
Knee Max angle (°) −19.76 ± 4.77* −6.42 ± 3.51 −10.07 p < 0.01
Min angle (°) −69.56 ± 10.50* −59.11 ± 10.26 −3.18 p < 0.01
ROM (°) 49.77 ± 11.64 52.69 ± 12.87 −0.75 p = 0.46
Extension moment (Nm/kg) 0.48 ± 0.16* 1.00 ± 0.22 −8.55 p < 0.01
Flexion moment (Nm/kg) 0.17 ± 0.08* 0.58 ± 0.28 −6.30 p < 0.01
Ankle Max angle (°) 28.46 ± 3.63* 13.80 ± 7.14 8.19 p < 0.01
Min angle (°) −0.93 ± 10.74* −23.52 ± 10.05 6.87 p < 0.01
ROM (°) 29.39 ± 11.07 37.32 ± 10.20 −2.36 p = 0.02
Plantarflexion moment (Nm/kg) 1.20 ± 0.06* 1.27 ± 0.08 −3.13 p < 0.01
Dorsiflexion moment (Nm/kg) 0.12 ± 0.04* 0.45 ± 0.12 −11.67 p < 0.01

CON, Control group, i.e., non-pregnant women.

*Significant differences in this index between non-pregnant and pregnant women.