Table 2.

Effect of brace condition on peak posterior ground reaction force

Functional activity	Gender	Peak posterior ground reaction force (body weight)
		Constraint brace	Nonconstraint brace	No brace
Level walking*	Female	0.155 ± 0.041	0.179 ± 0.055	0.193 ± 0.053
	Male	0.167 ± 0.034	0.197 ± 0.072	0.192 ± 0.065
Jogging	Female	0.138 ± 0.075	0.119 ± 0.064	0.158 ± 0.090
	Male	0.181 ± 0.114	0.223 ± 0.124	0.205 ± 0.095
Stair descending	Female	0.017 ± 0.096	0.027 ± 0.073	0.022 ± 0.086
	Male	0.034 ± 0.048	0.043 ± 0.063	0.050 ± 0.038

Values are expressed as mean ± SD; *peak posterior ground reaction force was lower when wearing the constraint brace than when wearing the nonconstraint brace (p = 0.025) and no brace (p = 0.007).