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Table 1 Paired comparisons of muscle strength, proprioception and knee loading between the limbs

From: Asymmetries and relationships between dynamic loading, muscle strength, and proprioceptive acuity at the knees in symptomatic unilateral hip osteoarthritis

 

Ipsilateral limb

Contralateral limb

Pvalue

Unilateral hip OA (entire group, n = 62)

   

  Quadriceps muscle strength (Nm/kg)

0.95 ± 0.35

1.08 ± 0.41

0.006*

  Proprioception (degrees error)

4.7 ± 2.8

5.0 ± 3.0

0.486

  Dynamic loading/KAM (%BW*Ht)

2.23 ± 0.81

2.46 ± 0.71

0.029*

End-stage hip OA (subgroup, n = 25)

   

  Quadriceps muscle strength (Nm/kg)

0.89 ± 0.23

1.08 ± 0.39

0.010*

  Proprioception (degrees error)

4.8 ± 3.1

6.0 ± 3.3

0.022*

  Dynamic loading/KAM (%BW*ht)

2.14 ± 0.80

2.53 ± 0.85

0.022*

  1. All values are mean ± standard deviation (SD); *P <0.05. OA, osteoarthritis; Nm, external moments; KAM, knee adduction moment; BW, body weight; Ht, height.