Research Article

Effect of Drop Foot on Spatiotemporal, Kinematic, and Kinetic Parameters during Gait

Table 3

Extreme values of angles and torques in lower limb joints during gait of studied groups.

Kinematic and kinetic parametersJointStance phaseSwing phase
min ± SDmax ± SDmin ± SDmax ± SD

C group
Angle (°)Ankle−2.37 ± 1.4712.67 ± 0.7−19.81 ± 0.91.83 ± 1.3
Knee0.19 ± 1.2820.39 ± 1.20.07 ± 1.355.96 ± 1.2
Hip−8.78 ± 1.1636.05 ± 0.90.59 ± 1.1035.86 ± 1.3

Torque (Nm/kg)Ankle−0.26 ± 0.061.52 ± 0.78−0.09 ± 0.780.02 ± 0.92
Knee−0.37 ± 0.140.56 ± 0.21−0.45 ± 0.450.24 ± 0.78
Hip−0.93 ± 0.130.54 ± 0.34−0.54 ± 0.650.66 ± 1.01

DF group
Angle (°)Ankle−10.42 ± 5.714.71 ± 2.3−15.19 ± 3.10.52 ± 2.11
Knee0.91 ± 1.2814.33 ± 1.11.74 ± 1.340.18 ± 1.1
Hip−9.08 ± 2.4621.82 ± 2.3−5.4 ± 2.1836.51 ± 2.1

Torque (Nm/kg)Ankle0.2 ± 0.11.28 ± 0.67−0.01 ± 0.130.11 ± 0.1
Knee−0.4 ± 0.28−0.01 ± 0.56−0.12 ± 0.230.01 ± 0.78
Hip−0.23 ± 0.250.67 ± 0.13−0.19 ± 0.130.13 ± 0.45

SD: standard deviation; DF: drop foot group; C: control group.