Weight-Bearing and Effort Distributions at the Lower Limbs during the Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand Test in Hemiparetic and Healthy Individuals

Table 1

Characteristics of the subjects.

Characteristics	Hemiparetics Mean ± SD (range)	Controls mean ± SD (range)	𝑃<0.05
Age, years	58.8±11.9 (35–83)	65.8±3.7 (59–71)	0.06
Height, m	1.7±0.1 (1.5–1.9)	1.7±0.1 (1.7–1.9)	0.57
Weight, kg	80.2±24.0 (43.0–160.0)	79.8±16.7 (52.0–104.0)	0.96
Body mass index, kg/m^2	27.3±7.8 (18.1–53.8)	27.8±4.5 (21.4–35.2)	0.86
Male/female	14/4	7/5
Knee extensor muscle strength, Nm (nonparetic side or right side)	170.3±58.8 (92.5–286.1)	151.9±33.8 (88.8–206.9)	0.34
Knee extensor muscle strength, Nm (paretic side or left side)	119.4±52.9 (33.3–247.4)	164.7±46.4 (92.7–234.1)	0.02