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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Apr;68(4):472–480. doi: 10.1002/acr.22712

Table 2.

Descriptive and inferential statistics for measures of mechanical pressure across sex and age

Women Men Sex (S) Middle-Age Older-Age Age (A) SxA



Pain Outcome Mean (SD) Mean (SD) F ηp2 Mean (SD) Mean (SD) F ηp2 F ηp2
Mechanical Pressure (kPa)
  Medial joint line (knee) 243.8(145.4) 357.0(167.8) *37.10 .12 304.5(162.5) 296.3(165.0) .17 .00 2.32 .01
  Lateral joint line (knee) 254.5(153.9) 386.3(167.8) *47.97 .15 322.8(165.8) 318.1(176.3) .05 .00 1.98 .01
  Quadriceps 373.2(200.5) 490.5(243.9) *18.39 .06 460.9(237.5) 402.8(203.5) *3.93 .01 .01 .00
  Trapezius 226.0(142.8) 331.0(200.5) *25.30 .09 298.8(186.4) 258.2(152.2) 3.30 .01 .74 .00
  Epicondyle 202.2(114.0) 309.7(212.5) *29.40 .10 277.0(177.9) 234.8(145.0) *3.95 .01 .05 .00

Note. kPa=kilopascals.

*

p ≤ .05.