Research Article

Pelvic Drop Changes due to Proximal Muscle Strengthening Depend on Foot-Ankle Varus Alignment

Table 3

Mean, SD, and significance for the pelvic drop excursions of the varus alignment subgroups, in the intervention and control groups, before and after strengthening.

SubgroupsConditionPelvic drop excursion (°)
Mean (SD)
Effect size
Cohen’s
Power

SVIPreinterv.5.62 (2.11)0.032.420.680.38
Postinterv.5.06 (2.18)
LVIPreinterv.6.24 (2.45)0.06-2.110.580.49
Postinterv.6.80 (2.17)
SVCPreinterv.4.95 (1.42)0.70-0.390.100.07
Postinterv.5.04 (1.42)
LVCPreinterv.3.25 (2.03)0.810.250.070.06
Postinterv.3.20 (2.16)

SD: standard deviation; : value for the -test (contrast); interv.: intervention; (°): degrees; LVI: larger varus intervention; SVI: smaller varus intervention; LVC: larger varus control; SVC: smaller varus control. in the comparison between the pre- and postintervention conditions of the varus alignment subgroups, in the control and intervention groups.