From: Do athletes alter their running mechanics after an Achilles tendon rupture?
Affected AT /matched control | Unaffected AT /matched control | |||||||||
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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 |