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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2014 Mar 4;40(1):82–86. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.02.014

Table 2.

Comparison of loading characteristics, kinematics, and strength between experienced runners and novice runners.

Variables Experienced runner
group
Novice runner
group
Difference p-value Effect
Size
Vertical impact peak (BW) 1.60 (0.33) 1.65 (0.37) 0.05 (0.04) 0.67 0.143
Loading rate (BW/s) 78.2 (25.0) 73.1 (18.5) 5.1 (6.5) 0.48 0.232
Hip adduction angle (deg) 16.7 (3.4) 15.4 (4.5) 1.2 (1.2) 0.34 0.326
Hip internal rotation angle (deg) 11.2 (7.4) 15.0 (7.2) 3.7 (0.2) 0.12 0.520
Right side-plank (sec) 88 (25) 76 (26) 12 (1) 0.09 0.470
Right hip external rotation strength (Nm/kg) 6.8 (1.9) 6.4 (1.5) 0.5 (0.4) 0.44 0.234
Right hip abduction strength (Nm/kg) 15.5 (3.8) 14.9 (3.7) 0.6 (0.0) 0.56 0.160

Significant p-values and effect sizes are bold and italicized. Mean (SD).