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. 2021 Mar 23;239(2):424–444. doi: 10.1111/joa.13431

TABLE 5.

Mean ranges of motion (ROM) about each of the joint axes for the six DOFs in the hindlimb model. ROMs refer to the maximum and minimum rotations of each motion during the stance phase only. The full ROM of each DOF in these different limb orientations is also reported

Steps (n) Hip Knee Ankle MTP
Flex‐Ext (Z) Abd‐Ad (Y) LAR (X) Flex‐Ext Flex‐Ext Flex‐Ext
High walk 1 −19⁰ to −32⁰ 27⁰ to 38⁰ −19⁰ to −2⁰ −122⁰ to −69⁰ −40⁰ to −4⁰ −58⁰ to −8⁰
Crouched walk 1 −49⁰ to 35⁰ 28⁰ to 54⁰ −33⁰ to 27⁰ −102⁰ to −47⁰ −16⁰ to −6⁰ −61⁰ to −6⁰
Bended walk 1 −29⁰ to 43⁰ 26⁰ to 45⁰ 6⁰ to 26⁰ −102⁰ to −63⁰ −46⁰ to 16⁰ −32⁰ to −4⁰
Sprawl v1 13 −69⁰ to 37⁰ 72⁰ to 83⁰ −19⁰ to −13⁰ −136⁰ to −31⁰ −24⁰ to 71⁰ −48⁰ to 69⁰
Sprawl v2 9 −68⁰ to 19⁰ 77⁰ to 99⁰ −66⁰ to 12⁰ −124⁰ to −89⁰ −17⁰ to 22⁰ −58⁰ to −10⁰
ROM: −69⁰ to 43⁰ 26⁰ to 99⁰ −66⁰ to 27⁰ −136⁰ to −31⁰ −46⁰ to 71⁰ −61⁰ to 69⁰
Total: 25 112⁰ 73⁰ 93⁰ 105⁰ 117⁰ 130⁰