Table 1.
Summary of kinematic and kinetic parameters during normal walking trials for both non-obese and obese groups
| Variables | Groups |
ANOVA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-obese | Obese | ||
| HRCOF | 0.17(0.02) | 0.18(0.02) | N.S. |
| TRCOF | 0.05(0.01) | 0.07(0.01) | ** |
| RRCOF | 0.18(0.02) | 0.19(0.02) | N.S. |
| HCV | 1219.54(248.45) | 1654.99(248.15) | N.S. |
| WV | 1186.08(83.14) | 1210.21(86.22) | N.S. |
| TA | 1232.99(63.31) | 1405.43(190.14) | N.S. |
| SL | 800.08(80.95) | 805.18(41.40) | N.S. |
| SW | 115.01(17.71) | 160.09(16.88) | ** |
| COMz | 53.68(8.29) | 62.39(7.25) | N.S. |
| COMy | 47.54(5.27) | 52.89(19.32) | N.S. |
N.S. not significant
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01.
Results are in the form of mean (SD).
HRCOF, horizontal required coefficient of friction; TRCOF, transversal coefficient of friction; RRCOF, resultant required coefficient of friction; HCV (mm/s), heel contact velocity; WV(mm/s), walking velocity; TA (mm/s2), whole body COM transitional acceleration; SL (mm), step length; SW (mm), step width.