Table 3 The gait parameters in each subgroup.

From: Unique patterns of medial meniscus extrusion during walking and its association with limb kinematics in patients with knee osteoarthritis

 

Early

Normal

Late

p-value

Lateral thrust (°)

1.1 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.9

1.4 ± 0.9

0.729

Maximum varus angle (°)

2.5 ± 5.8

3.4 ± 3.7

1.8 ± 6.1

0.634

Maximum flexion angle (°)

21.6 ± 11.3

16.0 ± 5.7

15.4 ± 6.4

0.24

First adduction moment (Nm/kg)

0.5 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.2

0.469

Second adduction moment (Nm/kg)

0.5 ± 0.2

0.4 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.2

0.27

Flexion moment (Nm/kg)

0.6 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.2

0.49

Impulse of adduction moment (Nms/kg)

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.079

Impulse of flexion moment (Nms/kg)

0.3 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.52

Gait speed (m/s)

0.8 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.1

0.737

  1. The values represent the mean ± standard deviation. p-value shows the difference among groups using a one-way analysis of variance or the Kruskal–Wallis test.
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