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Table 1 Demographic and biomechanical mean data

From: Association between meniscal tears and the peak external knee adduction moment and foot rotation during level walking in postmenopausal women without knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study

 

n = 20

Age, years

60.7 (5.5)

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.3 (4.2)

Kellgren-Lawrence grades, number (percentage)

 

   Grade 0

19 (95%)

   Grade 1

1 (5%)

Prevalence of meniscal tears, number (percentage)

9 (45%)

Prevalence of medial meniscal tears, number (percentage)

6 (30%)

Prevalence of lateral meniscal tears, number (percentage)

4 (20%)

Knee adduction momenta

 

   Early stance

4.0 (0.9)

   Late stance

2.2 (0.7)

Foot rotation, degreesb

 

   Early stance

-7.65 (6.0)

   Late stance

0.44 (5.6)

  1. Values are presented as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated. aAdduction moments are normalised to percentage body weight multiplied by height. bPositive values for foot rotation indicate internal rotation and negative values indicate external rotation.