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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2012 Nov 24;21(2):298–305. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.11.008

Table 3.

Kinematic and Kinetic variables for stance phase of gait for subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis and Controls.

Variables* Controls
(n = 12)
Osteoarthritis
(n = 16)
p-
value**
1st half of stance Flexion excursion(degrees) 15.3 (13.6, 17.0) 12.1 (9.92, 14.2) 0.203
Peak varus(degrees) 1.2 (−0.9, 3.4) 6.4 (4.0, 8.6) 0.004
Peak sagittal moment (%BW*Ht) 5.24 (4.23, 6.26) 5.00 (4.00, 6.01) 0.757
Peak frontal moment (%BW*Ht) −2.35 (−2.83, −1.87) −3.3 (−3.83, −2.73) 0.027
2nd half of stance Extension excursion (degrees) 17.7 (14.6, 20.8) 12.7 (8.8, 15.9) 0.211
Peak varus (degrees) −0.7 (−3.2, 1.8) 4.6 (1.9, 7.2) 0.015
Peak sagittal moment (%BW*Ht) −1.13 (−1.67, −0.60) −0.42 (−0.94, 0.10) 0.247
Peak frontal moment (%BW*Ht) −1.69 (−2.19, −1.18) −2.7 (−3.33, −2.08) 0.067
*

Mean (95 % Confidence Intervals) for all variables. BW= body weight, Ht = height.

**

p-values after adjusting for walking speed