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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Nov;44(11):2172–2181. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825e1d31

Table 2.

Gait asymmetry at standard and maximal speeds between those with and without strength asymmetry.

Standard Speed Maximal Speed P – values

Symmetrical Strength Asymmetrical Strength Symmetrical Strength Asymmetrical Strength Group Effect Speed Effect Group × Speed Interaction
Weight Acceptance Force (%) 2.12 ± 1.66 2.23 ± 1.25 2.47 ± 2.28 6.35 ± 5.3 a 0.055 0.006 0.017
Push-off Force (%) 2.66 ± 1.32 2.23 ± 1.23 4.31 ± 1.57 3.69 ± 2.12 0.277 0.002 0.832
Weight Acceptance Rate (%) 11.63 ± 12.39 12.91 ± 14.68 12.76 ± 9.01 21.72 ± 15.87 0.269 0.097 0.194
Push-off Rate (%) 10.31 ± 6.37 10.28 ± 9.82 8.40 ± 4.98 9.26 ± 9.59 0.887 0.282 0.740
Step Length (%) 4.21 ± 2.63 a 1.73 ± 1.46 2.67 ± 1.79 1.89 ± 1.97 0.029 0.143 0.073
Double-limb Support Time (%) 4.28 ± 3.37 9.07 ± 8.20 4.30 ± 3.03 6.31 ± 4.68 0.024 0.382 0.374
Single-limb Support Time (%) 2.87 ± 2.63 9.33 ± 4.67 a 2.02 ± 1.66 4.87 ± 2.89 a < 0.001 0.007 0.056
Step Time (%) 1.79 ± 1.51 3.86 ± 3.56 3.07 ± 3.22 2.51 ± 2.35 0.320 0.965 0.137

All values are the absolute percent differences between strong and weak leg measures and are given as the mean ± standard deviation (SD).

a

= difference between groups at a given speed, P < 0.05