Table 1.
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).