Table 3 Joint moment and power of rescue tasks during the stance period (N = 18).

From: Biomechanical characterization of firefighters running under different rescue tasks

Parameters

FPC

FPC+GC

FPC+M

Maximum hip flexion moment (N m kg−1)

1.39 ± 0.47

1.27 ± 0.28

1.76 ± 0.55%

Maximum hip extension moment (N m kg−1)

4.29 ± 1.34

4.34 ± 0.86

6.42 ± 1.32#%

Maximum knee extension moment (N m kg−1)

2.65 ± 0.72

2.79 ± 0.92

2.97 ± 1.21

Maximum knee flexion moment (N m kg−1)

0.94 ± 0.70

0.94 ± 0.66

1.41 ± 0.68#%

Maximum ankle dorsiflexion moment (N m kg−1)

0.84 ± 0.41

0.82 ± 0.35

1.11 ± 0.55

Maximum ankle plantarflexion moment (N m kg−1)

3.13 ± 0.77

2.74 ± 0.54

3.23 ± 0.55%

Maximum hip flexion power (W kg−1)

407.75 ± 287.60

344.21 ± 187.74

739.02 ± 330.10#%

Maximum hip extension power (W kg−1)

271.72 ± 105.23

240.39 ± 127.35

281.94 ± 201.61

Maximum knee extension power (W kg−1)

439.43 ± 218.28

482.66 ± 177.32

433.98 ± 210.79

Maximum knee flexion power (W kg−1)

668.67 ± 269.17

755.28 ± 334.52

591.57 ± 345.02%

Maximum ankle dorsiflexion power (W kg−1)

735.72 ± 322.01

624.52 ± 272.29

727.85 ± 176.01%

Maximum ankle plantarflexion power (W kg−1)

555.92 ± 208.47

397.97 ± 191.49*

443.99 ± 77.02

  1. “*”, “#” and “%” indicate significant differences between FPC group and FPC+GC group, FPC group and FPC+M group, and FPC+GC group and FPC+M group respectively.