Knee Joint Biomechanics in Physiological Conditions and How Pathologies Can Affect It: A Systematic Review

Table 7

Overview over the experimental results of knee angle for stair ascent and stair descent.

Study	Subjects ( (m), (kg))	(cm × cm)	Type	A (°)	B (°)	ROM (°)
Riener et al. [24], Joudzadeh et al. [25]	10 (, )		Ascent	91	9	82
			Descent	89	13	76
			Ascent	95	9	86
			Descent	93	15	78
			Ascent	102	10	92
			Descent	102	13	89
Mcfadyen and Winter [142]	3 (—, —)		Ascent	99	11	88
			Descent	105	19	86
Zhang et al. [143]	10 (, )		Ascent	89	7	82
			Descent	96	10	86
Musselman [27]	17 (, )		Ascent	83	5	78
			Descent	83	6	77
Protopapadaki et al. [144]	33 (, )		Ascent	94	0	94
			Descent	91	1	90
Law [26]	19 (, )		Ascent	95	11	84
			Descent	93	3	90

A: peak knee flexion angle; B: peak knee extension angle.