Lower-Limb Joint Coordination Pattern in Obese Subjects

Table 1

Means, ranges, standard deviations, and 𝑡-test significance (𝑃 values) of the personal, anthropometric, and functional characteristics of the two groups. 𝑃 values lower than 0.05 are shown in bold.

Characteristics	Obese subjects	Controls	𝑃 values
Sex (𝑛)
M	8	8
F	17	17
Age range (years)	34–58	33–59	0.85
BMI range (kg/m^2)	33.8–44.0	19.0–27.8	<0.001
Trunk flexibility (cm)	14.3±13	5.0±6.1	0.006
Waist circumference (cm)
M	133.5±14	95.8±8	<0.001
F	113±11	78.2±7	<0.001
Fat mass (%)
M	37.3±6	25.1±3	0.002
F	43.1±3	32.2±4	<0.001
6MWT (m/s)
M	1.39±0.2	1.38±0.1	0.85
F	0.97±0.5	1.26±0.4	0.03
Borg
M	3.6±1	2.5±0.6	0.16
F	4.1±1	1.9±1	<0.001
Strength (kg)
M	41.6±14	51.5±6	0.08
F	25.1±8	22.4±9	0.3