Table 3.

Peak hip, knee, and ankle joint extensor moments: all values are maximum peak net moments of force normalized to body mass (N m/kg) during the stance phase of the stepping activities for the dominant limb (standard deviation)

Measurement	FS	LS
Sagittal plane
Hip extensor moment
Ascending	1.10 (0.32)	1.17 (0.30)
Descending	1.13 (0.26)	1.04 (0.29)*
Knee extensor moment
Ascending	0.91 (0.29)	0.90 (0.24)
Descending	0.90 (0.31)	0.90 (0.27)
Ankle plantar flexor moment
Ascending	0.72 (0.26)	0.71 (0.21)
Descending	0.73 (0.23)	0.83 (0.18)*
Coronal plane
Hip abductor moment
Ascending	0.66 (0.26)	0.72 (0.35)
Descending	0.69 (0.22)	0.75 (0.27)

^*Statistically significantly different from the ascending phase.