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. 2026 Sep 28;13:1912600. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1912600

Table 2.

Condition-wise kinematic summary (evaluation-window mean and range of motion, ROM). Radians were converted to degrees. Knee flexion is positive after sign reversal of raw knee_angle; ankle angle retains the raw sign (negative = plantarflexion). Pelvis forward tilt is the sign-reversed global pelvis_tilt coordinate and does not represent lumbar motion. Bilateral values are L/R.

Metric C0 (No limit) C4 (T = 4 BW) C3 (T = 3 BW) C2 (T = 2 BW)
Pelvis orientation
 Pelvis forward tilt mean (deg) 8.6 9.5 8.1 9.8
 Pelvis forward tilt ROM (deg) 21.8 17.6 14.7 10.5
Lower-limb joints (L/R)
 Hip flexion mean (deg) 15.7/14.8 19.4/19.0 15.6/15.2 16.5/16.4
 Hip flexion ROM (deg) 77.5/83.3 86.4/86.9 78.2/70.5 79.5/71.8
 Knee flexion mean (deg) 20.2/20.4 20.4/20.0 19.4/17.9 17.5/18.2
 Knee flexion ROM (deg) 72.9/66.5 73.8/76.0 68.2/69.1 68.4/69.0
 Ankle angle mean (deg) −1.7/−1.8 −3.7/−3.1 −4.1/−3.6 −3.2/−2.8
 Ankle angle ROM (deg) 46.6/35.6 48.5/36.2 42.1/34.5 45.1/37.6