Table 2.
Kinetic gait parameters of interest.
| Kinetic parameters | Involved side (stretch & weight) (mean ± SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-stretch | Post-stretch + weight | P-value | |
| H3 hip power (wt/kg) | 0.38 ± 0.16 | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.02* |
| Hip flex mom in pre-swing (Nm/kg) | −0.93 ± 0.15 | −0.56 ± 0.18 | <0.01* |
| Knee power gen. in late stance (wt/kg) | 0.49 ± 0.23 | 0.65 ± 0.31 | 0.06 |
| Knee ext mom. in late-stance (Nm/Kg) | 0.11 ± 0.17 | 0.02 ± 0.25 | 0.02* |
| A2 peak ankle power gen. (wt/kg) | 2.27 ± 0.48 | 1.61 ± 0.58 | 0.01* |
| Peak ankle PF mom (Nm/kg) | 1.33 ± 0.17 | 1.3 ± 0.09 | 0.82 |
Ext: extension; flex: flexion; kg: kilograms; gen: generation; mom: moment; Nm: Newton meter; PF: plantar flexion; PKF: peak knee flexion; s: seconds; wt: weight. Significant p values are bolded.
*Statistically significant between pre-stretch and post-stretch conditions (p < 0.05).