Research Article
Horizontal and Declined Squats in Healthy Individuals: A Study of Kinematic and Muscle Patterns
Table 1
Kinematic variables across all subjects for phases of the squats.
| | Variable (dg)a | Descent phase | Ascent phase | | HPb mean (SD)d | DPc mean (SD) | value | value | HP
mean (SD) | DP mean (SD) | value | value |
| | Knee IPe | 2.30 (5.13) | 3.84 (5.23) | −2.15 | | 65.00 (10.19) | 67.32 (11.06) | −1.61 | 0.12 | | Knee FPf | 61.89 (9.97) | 67.82 (10.15) | −4.86 |
0.01* | 2.25 (5.41) | 5.12 (6.61) | −2.08 | 0.05* | | Knee AEg | 59.58 (10.77) | 63.98 (10.86) | −3. 54 | 0.01* | 62.74 (10.57) | 62.19 (10.71) | 0.41 | 0.68 | | Ankle IP | 85.38 (5.59) | 75.42 (5.21) | 9.68 | 0.01* | 94.98 (8.24) | 89.28 (5.95) | 3.22 | 0.01* | | Ankle FP | 101.75 (6.58) | 89.40 (6.56) | 12.65 | 0.01* | 79.71 (7.78) | 75.57 (7.69) | 2.58 | 0.02* | | Ankle AE | 16.37 (3.23) | 13.97 (5.13) | 3.26 | 0.01* | 15.26 (4.61) | 13.71 (5.10) | 1.93 | 0.07 | | Maximal knee velocity (dg/s)h | 295.63 (89.93) | 283.94 (78.93) | 0.59 | 0.55 | 62.74 (53.37) | 54.00 (54.67) | 0.73 | 0.47 | | Maximal ankle velocity (dg/s) | 75.04 (20.24) | 58.84 (24.20) | 4.60 | 0.01* | 15.03 (7.9) | 12.67 (9.82) | 1.07 | 0.29 |
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Degrees: dg; bhorizontal plane: HP; cdecline plane: DP; dstandard deviation: SD; einitial position: IP (measured in degrees); ffinal position: FP; gangular excursion: AE; hdegrees by second (dg/s); statistical significance.
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