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. 2020 Dec 5;20(23):6967. doi: 10.3390/s20236967

Table 3.

Average joint contact force impulse expressed in (N/BW)· s per cycle (i.e., stride or repetition) for the hip and knee joint for the different exercises and populations. We used those averages to create the joint loading profiles expressed in points by normalizing the joint loading impulses to the joint loading impulse of healthy walking.

Joint Loading Impulse (N/BW)· s Joint Loading Profile (pt)
Controls HipOA KneeOA no-OA HipOA KneeOA
Walking Hip 192.77 175.74 183.14 1     0.91 0.95
Knee 140.83 132.36 140.92 1     0.94 1    
Ascending stairs Hip 213.34 233.28 274.51 1.11 1.21 1.42
Knee 229.2  235.43 242.27 1.63 1.67 1.72
Descending stairs Hip 215.26 223.51 290.58 1.12 1.16 1.51
Knee 218.18 225.02 240.63 1.55 1.6  1.71
Sit Down Hip 136.34 133.68 154.51 0.71 0.69 0.8 
Knee 248.87 240.45 234.37 1.77 1.71 1.66
Stand Up Hip 124.95 111.03 129.74 0.65 0.58 0.67
Knee 221.54 199.7  199.74 1.57 1.42 1.42