Table 3.

Means and standard deviations for the peak joint moment (N·m·kg^-1) during stair ascent and descent in normal weight (n ​= ​19), overweight (n ​= ​18), and obese participants (n ​= ​8).

Ascent		Normal	Overweight	Obese
Hip flexora		0.26 ​± ​0.18	0.22 ​± ​0.17	0.42 ​± ​0.20c
Hip extensor		0.72 ​± ​0.17	0.70 ​± ​0.17	0.61 ​± ​0.20
Knee extensor		0.94 ​± ​0.29	1.05 ​± ​0.35	0.99 ​± ​0.33
Ankle PF		1.20 ​± ​0.23	1.25 ​± ​0.15	1.11 ​± ​0.12
Hip abductor		0.44 ​± ​0.18	0.35 ​± ​0.14	0.32 ​± ​0.18
Knee abductor		0.44 ​± ​0.19	0.40 ​± ​0.21	0.29 ​± ​0.13
Knee adductor		-0.15 ​± ​0.11	-0.13 ​± ​0.13	-0.09 ​± ​0.08
Ankle adductor		–	–	–
Ankle abductor		0.14 ​± ​0.10	0.16 ​± ​0.07	0.20 ​± ​0.06
Descent		Normal	Overweight	Obese
Hip flexor		0.26 ​± ​0.12	0.22 ​± ​0.09	0.27 ​± ​0.10
Hip extensor		0.04 ​± ​0.32	0.05 ​± ​0.39	0.03 ​± ​0.27
Knee extensora		0.70 ​± ​0.29b	0.98 ​± ​0.30	0.86 ​± ​0.42
Ankle PF		1.03 ​± ​0.13	1.00 ​± ​0.18	1.03 ​± ​0.10
Hip abductor		0.82 ​± ​0.24	0.80 ​± ​0.21	0.63 ​± ​0.24
Knee abductora		0.44 ​± ​0.25	0.52 ​± ​0.20	0.27 ​± ​0.20c
Knee adductor		-0.17 ​± ​0.17	-0.22 ​± ​0.15	-0.09 ​± ​0.11
Ankle adductor		-0.02 ​± ​0.23	-0.02 ​± ​0.026	-0.01 ​± ​0.02
Ankle abductora		0.12 ​± ​0.08	0.09 ​± ​0.06	0.21 ​± ​0.11b, c

^a, p ​< ​0.05, indicates a significant effect of mass between normal, overweight, and obese.

^b, p ​< ​0.05, the normal weight vs. overweight group.

^c, p ​< ​0.05, the overweight vs. obese group.