Table 1.

Effect of brace condition on knee flexion angle at initial foot contact with the ground

Functional activity	Gender	Knee flexion angle (°)
		Constraint brace	Nonconstraint brace	No brace
Level walking*	Female	3.0 ± 3.1	0.0 ± 3.8	−1.3 ± 3.1
	Male	5.3 ± 2.9	1.6 ± 2.5	1.5 ± 3.2
Jogging*	Female	11.2 ± 4.5	6.9 ± 5.2	6.5 ± 4.0
	Male	11.6 ± 2.2	8.3 ± 2.6	7.6 ± 2.6
Stair descending*	Female	13.6 ± 2.3	9.6 ± 1.9	6.7 ± 2.5
	Male	18.2 ± 6.7	14.4 ± 6.9	13.7 ± 6.1

Values are expressed as mean ± SD; *knee flexion angle was greater when wearing the constraint brace than when wearing the nonconstraint brace (p = 0.001) and no brace (p = 0.001).