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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gait Posture. 2017 May 17;56:129–133. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.05.015

Table 2.

Comparison of the change in the first and the second peaks in the knee contact force between the continuous and interval walking exercise conditions.

Knee Contact Force (1st Peak) Baseline 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes
Continuous (× body weight) 2.73 (0.58) 2.79 (0.60) 3.03 (0.62) 2.98 (0.65)
Interval (× body weight) 2.92 (0.78) 3.04 (0.84) 3.12 (0.72) 3.10 (0.76)
Combined (× body weight) 2.82 (0.68) 2.92 (0.72) 3.08 (0.67)* 3.04 (0.71)*
Knee Contact Force (2nd Peak)
Continuous (× body weight) 2.83 (1.05) 2.78 (0.96) 2.76 (0.96) 2.72 (0.92)
Interval (× body weight) 2.72 (1.02) 2.73 (0.96) 2.75 (0.94) 2.59 (0.84)
Combined (× body weight) 2.77 (1.04) 2.75 (0.96) 2.76 (0.95) 2.66 (0.88)
*

Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) compared to baseline.