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Published in final edited form as: Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2015 Jun 12;30(8):852–859. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.06.003

Table 3.

Patellar tendon (PT) group differences in joint kinetics for walking and stair descent tasks; significant (p < 0.05) differences in bold (*).

Plane Task Phase Mean Difference, [95% Confidence Interval] (% BW*H)
Control–ACLR (PT) Control–Contralateral (PT) Contralateral (PT)–ACLR (PT)
Sagittal Walk Peak 1 0.43, [−1.25, 2.12] −0.18, [−1.87, 1.5] 0.62, [−0.82, 2.06]
Peak 2 0.3, [−0.74, 1.33] 1.08, [0.05, 2.12] * −0.79, [−1.69, 0.11]
Stair Descent (Step To Floor) Peak 1 2.95, [0.6, 5.3] * 0.91, [−1.44, 3.25] 2.04, [0.95, 3.13] *
Peak 2 0.43, [−0.53, 1.4] 0.92, [−0.04, 1.88] −0.49, [−1.35, 0.38]
Stair Descent (Step To Step) Peak 1 3.35, [1.29, 5.41] * 1.98, [−0.08, 4.04] 1.37, [−0.49, 3.22]
Peak 2 1.64, [−0.79, 4.07] −0.4, [−2.83, 2.03] 2.04, [−0.9, 4.98]
Frontal Walk Peak 1 −0.15, [−1.13, 0.83] −0.27, [−1.25, 0.71] 0.12, [−0.32, 0.56]
Peak 2 0.07, [−0.64, 0.78] −0.52, [−1.23, 0.2] 0.59, [−0.22, 1.39]
Stair Descent (Step To Floor) Peak 1 0.23, [−1.26, 1.71] −0.45, [−1.94, 1.03] 0.68, [−0.66, 2.02]
Peak 2 −0.2, [−1.11, 0.71] −0.85, [−1.68, −0.02] * 0.62, [−0.15, 1.38]
Stair Descent (Step To Step) Peak 1 0.38, [−1.14, 1.9] 0.1, [−1.41, 1.62] 0.28, [−1.21, 1.77]
Peak 2 0.17, [−1.95, 2.29] −0.08, [−2.2, 2.04] 0.25, [−1.34, 1.84]
Transverse Walk Peak 1 0.03, [−0.34, 0.41] 0.14, [−0.24, 0.52] −0.11, [−0.4, 0.19]
Peak 2 −0.24, [−0.48, −0.01] * 0.02, [−0.22, 0.26] −0.27, [−0.51, −0.03] *
Stair Descent (Step To Floor) Peak 1 −0.35, [−1.04, 0.34] 0.17, [−0.52, 0.86] −0.52, [−1.5, 0.45]
Peak 2 −0.06, [−0.36, 0.24] 0.2, [−0.1, 0.5] −0.27, [−0.53, −0.01] *
Stair Descent (Step To Step) Peak 1 −0.5, [−1.24, 0.24] −0.14, [−0.88, 0.61] −0.36, [−1.19, 0.46]
Peak 2 −0.27, [−2.41, 1.86] 0.43, [−1.7, 2.57] −0.71, [−2.56, 1.14]