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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2013 Jun 5;46(11):1842–1850. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.002

Table 1.

Comparison of the mean overall minimum foot clearance to the mean minimum clearance of the toe region for the lead and trail limbs across tasks.

Overall MFC (cm) Toe Clearance (cm) % Difference

Task Lead Trail Lead Trail Lead Trail
Obstacle Crossing (OBS) 7.8 13.9 12.8 13.9 65.1 0 .0
Ascending Level Change (ALV) 6.2 4.4 8 4.4 29.1 0 .0
Ascending Step 1 (AST1) 3.9 11.0 5.9 11.0 50.4 0.0
Ascending Step 2 (AST2) 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.9 0.0
Ascending Step 3 (AST3) 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 0.0 0.0
Ascending Step 4 (AST4) 3.3 2.9 3.3 2.9 0.0 0.0
Ascending Step 5 (AST5) 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.6 0.0 0.0
Ascending Step 6 (AST6) 2.9 3.6 2.9 3.6 0.0 0.0
Ascending Step 7 (AST7) 4.3 3.2 4.3 3.2 0.0 0.0
Descending Level Change (DLV) 2.1 N/A 2.8 N/A 33.3 N/A
Descending Step 7 (DST7) 1.8 N/A 3.3 N/A 83.3 N/A
Descending Step 6 (DST6) 2.1 N/A 7.4 N/A 252.4 N/A
Descending Step 5 (DST5) 1.5 N/A 6.8 N/A 353.3 N/A
Descending Step 4 (DST4) 1.5 N/A 5.8 N/A 286.7 N/A
Descending Step 3 (DST3) 1.2 N/A 6.3 N/A 425.0 N/A
Descending Step 2 (DST2) 1.3 N/A 5.6 N/A 330.8 N/A
Descending Step 1 (DST1) 3.0 N/A 5.7 N/A 90.0 N/A
Overground Walking (OG) 0.4 N/A 0.9 N/A 125.0 N/A