Table 4. Stratified analysis of muscle strength by gender.
Muscle strength | Male participants | Female participants |
(n=33 Successful limbs, n=7 Unsuccessful limbs) | (n=14 Successful limbs, n=12 Unsuccessful limbs) | |
Knee flexion (Nm/kg, 60°/s)† | 1.35 ± 0.24 vs. 1.20 ± 0.20 | 1.10 ± 0.20 vs. 0.87 ± 0.14 |
Knee extension (Nm/kg, 60°/s) | 2.63 ± 0.47 vs. 2.28 ± 0.39 | 2.27 ± 0.43 vs. 2.00 ± 0.21 |
Hip flexion (Nm/kg, 30°/s) | 1.59 ± 0.37 vs. 1.36 ± 0.23 | 1.46 ± 0.47 vs. 1.32 ± 0.20 |
Hip extension (Nm/kg, 30°/s) | 1.93 ± 0.55 vs. 1.75 ± 0.76 | 1.98 ± 0.10 vs. 1.71 ± 0.34 |
Hip abduction (Nm/kg, 30°/s) | 1.50 ± 0.36 vs. 1.57 ± 0.40 | 1.31 ± 0.22 vs. 1.20 ± 0.33 |
Hip adduction (Nm/kg, 30°/s)† | 1.19 ± 0.38 vs. 1.28 ± 0.76 | 1.18 ± 0.23 vs. 0.92 ± 0.22 |
Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. †p<0.05 in female participants only.
SLST20: single-leg sit-to-stand test from a 20-cm box; Nm/kg: Newton meter per kilogram; °/s: degrees per second.