Research Article

The Effect of Correction Algorithms on Knee Kinematics and Kinetics during Gait of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the key kinetic and kinematic variables.

Original mean (SD)PCA mean (SD)FJA mean (SD)Effect size (partial eta2)

Healthy0.288 (0.219)0.129 (0.167)0.188 (0.145)0.394
Knee OA0.437 (0.310)0.096 (0.083)0.209 (0.200)0.581
Knee ROM flex/ext (°)Healthy66.034 (4.557)66.186 (4.638)66.667 (4.224)0.171
Knee OA62.288 (4.508)62.526 (4.456)62.481 (4.458)0.310
Knee ROM abd/add (°)Healthy12.185 (4.503)10.969 (3.300)11.468 (3.273)0.388
Knee OA10.798 (3.155)8.192 (2.901)8.960 (2.988)0.430
Knee ROM axial rotation (°)Healthy15.083 (4.813)15.950 (5.209)15.880 (4.381)0.132
Knee OA15.328 (4.160)15.078 (3.160)14.454 (3.034)0.305
Knee abd/add offset (°)Healthy-1.827 (4.005)-2.011 (3.243)-2.171 (2.968)0.043
Knee OA0.509 (3.518)0.319 (3.928)0.188 (3.260)0.020
Variability of knee abd/add offset (°)Healthy0.248 (0.141)0.250 (0.129)0.242 (0.140)0.074
Knee OA0.248 (0.133)0.277 (0.123)0.266 (0.133)0.073
Knee axial rotation offset (°)Healthy-0.216 (4.103)-0.404 (4.736)-0.682 (4.779)0.096
Knee OA-5.772 (3.985)-5.319 (3.799)-5.637 (3.933)0.159
Variability of knee axial rotation offset (°)Healthy0.681 (0.377)0.676 (0.370)0.684 (0.376)0.118
Knee OA0.611 (0.342)0.633 (0.353)0.603 (0.338)0.232
Max KFM (Nm/kg)Healthy0.516 (0.204)0.518 (0.187)0.477 (0.190)0.156
Knee OA0.352 (0.184)0.377 (0.138)0.414 (0.216)0.290
Max KAM (Nm/kg)Healthy0.408 (0.121)0.406 (0.119)0.404 (0.110)0.007
Knee OA0.508 (0.145)0.473 (0.131)0.487 (0.156)0.230

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