Skip to main content
. 2015 Jun 30;27(6):1813–1817. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.1813

Table 2. Comparison of the results of the pregnant and non-pregnant groups.

Non-pregnant 2nd trimester 3rd trimester p:non-pregnant group
-2nd trimester
p:non-pregnant group
-3rd trimester
FRT max (anterior+) 394.81 ± 72.30 307.37 ± 46.18 284.70 ± 38.33 *† * *
Moment
Right hip (ext+) 2.80 ± 0.75 1.88 ± 0.63 1.83 ± 0.66 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
knee (ext+) 3.78 ± 0.64 3.54 ± 0.70 3.49 ± 0.86 0.174 0.187
ankle (plantar-flex+) 3.89 ± 0.49 4.08 ± 0.54 4.39 ± 0.47 †§ 0.242 0.001 *
Left hip (ext+) 3.68 ± 0.81 2.84 ± 0.66 2.76 ± 1.18 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
knee (ext+) 4.14 ± 0.77 4.41 ± 0.49 4.14 ± 0.79 0.193 0.865
ankle (plantar-flex+) 3.77 ± 0.55 4.35 ± 0.46 4.44 ± 0.55 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
FRF
Right Fx (anterior+) −1.17 ± 1.16 −0.15 ± 0.48 −0.33 ± 0.40 *†§ 0.001 * 0.012 *
Fz (vertical+) 50.03 ± 6.78 53.76 ± 5.20 57.88 ± 5.36 †§ 0.059 0.001 *
Left Fx (anterior+) 0.16 ± 0.64 0.07 ± 0.43 −0.11 ± 0.29 0.521 0.093
Fz (vertical+) 44.49 ± 5.98 52.74 ± 4.74 54.62 ± 5.01 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
Right COP-ankle (anterior+) 0.13 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.02 0.124 0.273
Left COP-ankle (anterior+) 0.14 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01 *† 0.002 * 0.001 *
ROM
Right hip flex-ext (flex+) −7.37 ± 4.01 −12.36 ± 2.85 −12.38± 4.89 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
knee flex-ext (flex+) −8.05 ± 4.42 −9.18 ± 3.56 −7.79 ± 6.99 0.234 0.97
ankle dorsi flex-plantar flex (dorsi-flex+) −8.50 ± 3.07 −4.28 ± 1.94 −3.54 ± 2.86 *†§ 0.001 * 0.001 *
Left hip flex-ext (flex+) −4.83 ± 3.44 −10.42 ± 2.53 −9.32 ± 5.36 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
knee flex-ext (flex+) −6.67 ± 5.22 −10.48 ± 3.08 −7.90 ± 5.04 0.007 * 0.317
ankle dorsi flex-plantar flex (dorsi-flex+) −11.69 ± 2.40 −7.31 ± 2.39 −6.57 ± 2.26 *† 0.001 * 0.001 *
trunk flex-ext (ext+) −48.66 ± 10.61 −27.07 ± 6.49 −24.73 ± 7.93 *†§ 0.001 * 0.001 *

The Mann-Whitney U test was performed to compare parameters between the non-pregnant women and the pregnant women in each trimester (p< 0.05). The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was conducted to compare differences in each parameter between the second trimester and the third trimester (p < 0.05). FRTmax: (cm), Moment: Nm/m/kg, FRF: N/kg, COP-ankle (m), ROM: deg. p<0.05, *: non-pregnant group-2nd trimester †: non-pregnant group-3rd trimester §: 2nd trimester-3rd trimester