Table 3.

Examples of angle specificity of squat force output

Study	Example 1 deep or parallel squat	Example 2 half squat	Example 3 quarter squat
Bazyler et al. (107)	Parallel 148.2 ± 23.4 kg	Partial squat (100°knee angle): 224 ± 40.1 kg
Keiner et al. (55)	Parallel (60°knee angle): 75.4 ± 20.8 kg (1.1 ± 0.2 relative to body weight)	Half squat (90°knee angle): 109.2 ± 27 kg (1.5 ± 2.3 relative to body weight)	Quarter squat (120°knee angle): 155.4 ± 28.6 kg (2.1 ± 0.3 relative to body weight) in the
Kubo et al. (123)	Full squat 78.8 ± 14.6 kg	Half squat 95.0 ± 16 kg
Hartmann et al. (124)	Deep squat 1.15 ± 0.17 relative to body weight		Quarter squat 2.96 ± 0.57 relative to body weight.
Lum & Joseph (125) isometric squat	90° knee angle 1543.9 ± 318.6 N	Isometric squat 120° knee angle 1899.0 ± 459.2 N
Bartolomei et al. (71)	Mid-thigh pull MVC 2725.3 ± 536.6 N	Mid-shin pull 1967.2 ± 293.3 N