Table 2 Mean (SD) for trunk and knee kinematics (degrees) as well as knee joint moments (Nm·kg
-1) at peak knee abduction moment for males vs. females and 30° vs. 60° cutting angles.
|
Males |
Females |
|
Sex effect |
Angle effect |
Sex × Angle |
| 30° |
60° |
30° |
60° |
|
p |
η2p |
p |
η2p |
p |
η2p |
| Trunk flexion (+) |
7.9 (8.0) |
9.8 (6.9) |
8.7 (5.2) |
10.4 (5.1) |
† |
0.78 |
<0.01 |
0.02 |
0.22 |
0.91 |
<0.01 |
| Trunk lateral flexion (-) |
-9.1 (4.4) |
-10.7 (4.9) |
-7.0 (2.5) |
-7.6 (3.4) |
|
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.09 |
0.12 |
0.42 |
0.03 |
| Trunk left axial rotation (+) |
-6.7 (8.4) |
0.6 (8.1) |
-13.5 (9.9) |
-4.7 (12.1) |
† |
0.14 |
0.10 |
<0.001 |
0.78 |
0.43 |
0.03 |
| Knee flexion (+) |
28.7 (4.1) |
24.8 (3.8) |
29.3 (7.4) |
24.7 (5.0) |
† |
0.89 |
<0.01 |
<0.001 |
0.53 |
0.65 |
0.01 |
| Knee abduction (-) |
3.4 (4.0) |
2.4 (4.4) |
-0.2 (3.6) |
-2.0 (4.9) |
*,† |
0.03 |
0.20 |
0.001 |
0.38 |
0.26 |
0.06 |
| Knee ext. rotation (+) |
2.8 (6.1) |
6.4 (7.9) |
2.4 (5.3) |
1.5 (7.0) |
‡ |
0.32 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.16 |
0.004 |
0.33 |
| Knee flexion moment (+) |
-0.09 (0.83) |
0.24 (0.74) |
0.32 (0.57) |
0.62 (0.66) |
† |
0.17 |
0.09 |
<0.001 |
0.46 |
0.87 |
<0.01 |
| Knee abduction moment (-) |
-0.41 (0.28) |
-1.06 (0.37) |
-0.40 (0.25) |
-1.03 (0.45) |
† |
0.87 |
<0.01 |
<0.001 |
0.84 |
0.82 |
0.02 |
| Knee ext. rotation moment (+) |
0.00 (0.09) |
-0.09 (0.10) |
0.00 (0.07) |
-0.12 (0.08) |
† |
0.58 |
0.01 |
<0.001 |
0.78 |
0.26 |
0.06 |
Main and interaction effects are reported using p values (p) and effect size (M²p).* expresses a significant difference between males and females (main effect of sex)† expresses a significant difference between 30° and 60° (main effect of cutting angle)‡ expresses a significant sex ‡ cutting angle interaction.
