Relationship between Asymmetry of Gait and Muscle Torque in Patients after Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation

Table 4

Correlation coefficients between the symmetry index for ground reaction forces and hip flexor and extensor muscle peak torques.

Torque	Amputated limb					Intact limb
	vF1	vF2	vF3	a-pF1	a-pF2	vF1	vF2	vF3	a-pF1	a-pF2
						Flexors
Isometric	−0.62	0.07	0.26	−0.71	0.69	−0.52	0.20	0.32	−0.42	0.40
Isokinetic 60°/s	−0.55	0.10	0.33	−0.60	0.69	−0.60	0.23	0.18	−0.47	0.32
Isokinetic 120°/s	−0.40	0.00	0.21	−0.48	0.67	−0.32	0.07	−0.20	−0.27	0.00
						Extensors
Isometric	−0.38	−0.10	0.26	−0.74	0.90	−0.02	−0.73	−0.43	−0.30	0.53
Isokinetic 60°/s	−0.62	0.33	0.50	−0.60	0.62	−0.65	0.27	0.57	−0.70	0.77
Isokinetic 120°/s	−0.55	0.21	0.33	−0.74	0.71	−0.38	−0.23	−0.08	−0.47	0.57
						F/E ratio
Isometric	0.31	0.12	−0.02	0.71	−0.74	−0.13	0.70	0.25	0.15	−0.53
Isokinetic 60°/s	0.69	−0.38	−0.67	0.62	−0.67	0.17	0.13	−0.35	0.28	−0.67
Isokinetic 120°/s	0.79	−0.60	−0.71	0.69	−0.52	0.03	0.45	−0.03	0.17	−0.57

Significant at .