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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(7):1077–1094. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.12.0257

Table.

Average angular range, duration, and angular velocity of trailing (left) limb during controlled lowering phase of descent at two variable impedance knee mechanism (VIKM) duty cycle levels. Number in parentheses is one standard deviation.

Damper Duty
Cycle (%)
Average VIKM
Torque Output
(Nm)*
Angle Range
(°)
Controlled Lowering
Duration (s)
Mean Angular
Velocity (°/s)
Peak Angular
Velocity (°/s)
51.2 47 89.60 (1.30) 1.01 (0.14) 90.0 (11.7) 186.7 (6.7)
39.2 38 89.75 (3.08) 0.77 (0.09) 117.6 (12.9) 229.2 (20.5)
p-Value 0.94 0.04 0.03 0.02
*

Torque output was measured using dynamometer over four trials, as reported in Bulea et al. [16].