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Table 2 Comparison of kinematics and kinetics during overground running between the Achilles tendon (AT) and healthy control (CTRL) groups

From: Do athletes alter their running mechanics after an Achilles tendon rupture?

 

Affected AT /matched control

Unaffected AT /matched control

AT

CTRL

P

ES

AT

CTRL

P

ES

Ankle

 Angle at IC (°)

77.2 (10.9)

76.6 (15.2)

0.6

0.657

0.04

77.3 (9.3)

75.7 (14.2)

1.6

0.929

0.11

 Angle RoM IC to MID (°)

13.8 (11.8)

16.5 (14.1)

−2.7

0.182

0.19

13.4 (10.4)

15.6 (12.5)

−2.2

0.248

0.18

 Angle RoM MID to TO (°)

28.1 (6.3)

35.7 (7.2)

−7.6

0.016

1.06

32.3 (5.21)

36.1 (6.8)

−3.8

0.131

0.56

 Moment Max (Nm/kg)

2.71 (0.49)

2.62 (0.55)

0.09

0.859

0.16

2.75 (0.38)

2.52 (0.58)

0.23

0.534

0.40

 Moment change IC to MID (Nm/kg)

2.55 (0.53)

2.49 (0.53)

0.06

1.000

0.11

2.58 (0.37)

2.38 (0.60)

0.20

0.859

0.33

 Moment change MID to TO (Nm/kg)

2.57 (0.58)

2.50 (0.55)

0.07

1.000

0.13

2.63 (0.45)

2.40 (0.63)

0.23

0.722

0.37

Knee

 Angle at IC (°)

13.5 (4.6)

18.7 (6.5)

−5.2

0.026

0.80

17.5 (4.5)

19.1 (7.0)

−1.6

0.929

0.23

 Angle RoM IC to MID (°)

39.1 (4.7)

34.7 (3.4)

4.4

0.033

1.29

35.8 (4.1)

34.4 (4.6)

1.4

0.424

0.30

 Angle RoM MID to TO (°)

26.5 (6.9)

26.4 (4.3)

0.1

0.534

0.02

26.8 (5.1)

28.3 (3.6)

−1.5

0.328

0.42

 Moment Max (Nm/kg)

2.60 (0.64)

2.39 (0.65)

0.21

0.477

0.32

2.56 (0.47)

2.60 (0.60)

−0.04

0.859

0.07

 Moment change IC to MID (Nm/kg)

2.92 (0.55)

2.64 (0.66)

0.28

0.155

0.42

3.03 (0.40)

2.84 (0.61)

0.19

0.374

0.31

 Moment change MID to TO (Nm/kg)

2.35 (0.66)

2.17 (0.60)

0.18

0.424

0.30

2.49 (0.48)

2.45 (0.57)

0.04

0.594

0.07

Hip

 Angle at IC (°)

45.7 (7.2)

45.7 (6.7)

0.0

0.929

0.00

48.9 (7.4)

46.8 (7.1)

2.1

0.594

0.30

 Angle RoM IC to MID (°)

3.4 (2.3)

6.6 (3.9)

−3.2

0.075

0.82

7.6 (4.7)

7.0 (4.1)

0.6

0.859

0.15

 Angle RoM MID to TO (°)

34.0 (5.3)

32.0 (5.1)

2.0

0.374

0.39

33.9 (5.4)

34.1 (5.0)

−0.2

0.929

0.04

 Moment Max (Nm/kg)

2.73 (0.59)

2.37 (0.85)

0.36

0.213

0.42

2.63 (0.45)

2.05 (0.72)

0.58

0.050

0.81

 Moment change IC to MID (Nm/kg)

1.03 (0.72)

0.70 (0.60)

0.33

0.374

0.55

1.06 (0.61)

0.65 (0.70)

0.41

0.328

0.59

 Moment change MID to TO (Nm/kg)

2.79 (0.78)

2.07 (0.75)

0.72

0.131

0.96

2.44 (0.63)

1.75 (0.74)

0.69

0.075

0.93

VGRF

 VGRF max (N)

1911 (290)

1819 (312)

92

0.328

0.29

1865 (259)

1820 (289)

45

0.534

0.16

 Time to VGRF max (ms)

104 (11)

112 (6)

−8

0.047

1.38

112 (10)

116 (7)

−4

0.182

0.58

  1. The bold values indicate statistical significance at the p = 0.05 level. In addition the bold values indicate - ES higher than 0.5 and represents a practically significant difference