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. 2019 Mar 12;16:37. doi: 10.1186/s12984-019-0509-9

Table 6.

Peak knee extension moment (Nm/kg) across 4 limbs and 5 surfaces. Standard deviation is in brackets. Significant surface x limb interaction was observed

Limb Level Down Slope Up Slope Top Slope Bottom Slope Limb Overall
Dominant 0.80 (0.17) 1.58 (0.29)* 0.94 (0.21) 0.82 (0.24) 0.93 (0.25) 1.01 (0.37)
Non-Dominant 0.69 (0.13) 1.39 (0.35)* 0.85 (0.16) 0.80 (0.27) 0.68 (0.27) 0.88 (0.35) ‡
Intact 0.68 (0.25) 1.44 (0.47)* 0.96 (0.29) 0.87 (0.24) 0.76 (0.23) 0.95 (0.40)
Prosthetic 0.16 (0.19) † 0.46 (0.29)** † 0.00 (0.23) † 0.16 (0.19) † 0.24 (0.25) † 0.21 (0.27) †
Surface Overall 0.59 (0.31) 1.22 (0.56)* 0.69 (0.46) 0.67 (0.37) 0.65 (0.35)

*significantly greater than all other walking surfaces

*significantly greater than Level and Up Slope

† significantly less than intact and able-bodied limbs

‡ significantly less than dominant limb