Table 1 Characteristics of participants.

From: Whole-body angular momentum during stair ascent and descent in individuals with and without knee osteoarthritis

 

Control group

(n = 8)

Knee OA group

(n = 7)

P#

Sex (male/ female)

4/4

2/5

0.536

Age, years

57.9 ± 6.7

56.3 ± 6.8

0.561

Body height, m

1.66 ± 0.06

1.67 ± 0.12

0.833

Body weight, kg

62.2 ± 11.9

59.1 ± 8.9

0.612

  1. Data are displayed as mean ± SD.
  2. # Sex distribution was compared by the Chi-square test between the knee OA and control group. Age, body height, and body weight were compared by independent t-tests between the two groups.