Influence of Gait Speeds on Contact Forces of Lower Limbs

Table 3

Ankle and knee joint angle positions at different contact phases across different speed conditions.

	Gender	Regular (1.1 m/s)		Medium (1.4 m/s)		Fast (1.7 m/s)
		Ankle	Knee	Ankle	Knee	Ankle	Knee
At heel contact	Male	104.01 ± 6.21	171.36 ± 7.23	102.31 ± 6.23	169.49 ± 7.43	99.68 ± 5.57	168.80 ± 7.28
	Female	103.45 ± 7.31	172.64 ± 8.23	100.35 ± 5.14	168.15 ± 4.77	98.18 ± 8.65	168.24 ± 70.42
At forefoot contact	Male	99.50 ± 5.23	164.98 ± 6.74	99.52 ± 6.21	160.56 ± 5.45^△	97.66 ± 4.32	155.70 ± 6.12
	Female	98.12 ± 6.22	163.67 ± 3.11	97.32 ± 2.71	158.45 ± 6.89^△	96.33 ± 3.19	156.33 ± 4.12
At heel off	Male	93.67 ± 4.25	171.55 ± 6.54	94.32 ± 3.25	170.37 ± 6.47	97.05 ± 5.12	169.72 ± 6.54
	Female	91.22 ± 5.12	172.01 ± 4.62	92.22 ± 4.12	169.99 ± 4.89	95.48 ± 5.14	169.34 ± 5.31
At toe-off	Male	108.60 ± 8.21	153.78 ± 6.54	111.65 ± 7.23	155.36 ± 7.56^△	116.58 ± 9.12	159.43 ± 6.32
	Female	107.2 ± 7.35	154.43 ± 7.45	109.31 ± 4.77	156.33 ± 8.45^△	115.22 ± 7.23	160.47 ± 6.77

means the significant difference between regular and fast speeds. △ means the significant difference between medium and fast speeds. means the significant difference between regular and fast speeds and .