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Table 3.1. Main effects of heel height and foot plate stiffness manipulations on mean (SE) SVA, joint flexion-extension angles and internal net moments at midstance (n=10).
heel height
low med high F
p
post hoc
footplate stiffness flex stiff F
p
SVA angle
[deg] (0.81) (0.79) (1.52)
<0.001
l-ma; l-ha; m-ha
14.3 17.4 24.3 71.7 10.5 13.4 16.7 4.86
18.6 18.7 0.07 (1.07) (0.92)
0.805
ankle angle
[deg] (1.75) (2.31) (3.12)
0.020 0.042
14.3 12.7 2.75 (2.40) (2.04)
0.131 0.035
moment 0.69 0.74 0.91 3.81 [Nm·kg-1] (0.07) (0.10) (0.07)
0.70 0.86 6.11 (0.07) (0.08)
knee angle
[deg] (0.99) (1.45) (2.05)
49.8 53.2
<0.001 <0.001
l-ma; l-ha; m-hb
17.2 24.5 32.7 moment 0.20 0.50 0.73
25.8 23.8 3.74 (1.58) (1.14)
0.085 0.030
[Nm·kg-1] (0.05) (0.08) (0.08)
l-mb; l-ha; m-hb
0.53 0.43 6.63 (0.07) (0.07)
hip angle
[deg] (2.57)
29.9 2.27
<0.001 0.132
l-mb; l-ha; m-hb
moment -0.01 [Nm·kg-1] (0.05)
-0.02 0.02 (0.04) (0.04)
-0.01 0.00 0.00 (0.05) (0.04)
13.1 16.4 19.1 (2.73) (2.59)
16.6 15.8 2.17 (2.60) (2.61)
0.175 0.935
Positive values represent joint flexion angles, and plantar flexion, knee extension and hip flexion moment. l, m and h represent low, medium and high heel height respectively.
ap<0.001
bp<0.05