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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 5.

Results from Multiple Linear Regression for medial contact loads (in Newton) during early and late stance (n = 12 for Controls, n = 16 for knee osteoarthritis).

Dependent
Variable
Covariates B (Standard Error) β p-value

Medial Contact Load at 1st peak KAM during the 1st half of stance Mass 16.50 (5.04) .48 0.007
Mechanical axis 2.45 (28.48) .02 0.933
Medial Laxity −30.99 (45.47) −.11 0.508
Lateral Laxity −54.27 (49.45) −.15 0.294
Quadriceps strength −7.48 (7.07) −.14 0.311
Peak Sagittal Moment 107.87 (48.74) .38 0.047
1st peak KAM −527.68 (13702) −.86 0.002
Adduction Angle at 1st peak KAM 30.85 (32.94) .26 0.367

Medial Contact Load at 2nd peak KAM during the 2nd half of stance Mass 2.50 (6.05) .11 0.686
Mechanical axis −84.69 (31.23) −.85 0.019
Medial Laxity 8.27 (48.32) .04 0.867
Lateral Laxity 65.36 (57.31) .26 0.276
Quadriceps strength 6.99 (8.63) .19 0.434
Peak Sagittal Moment −10.53 (79.08) −.03 0.896
2nd peak KAM −135.30 (124.11) −0.36 0.297
Adduction Angle at 2nd peak KAM 62.17 (30.08) 0.77 0.061

KAM = Knee Adduction Moment