The Impact of Obesity and Weight Loss on Gait in Adults - The Mechanobiology of Obesity and Related Diseases - page 132

Table 3 The peak absolute and relative ankle, knee, and hip joint moments of obese and normal weight groups in the stance phase during walking at
standardized (Std) and self-selected (Ss) walking speeds (WS) in gait studies
Ankle WS Pflex rPflex/APp rIn/MLp

DeVita and Hortobágyi [ 12 ] Std : - -

Browning and Kram [ 7 ] Std NS ; -

Vismara et al. [ 59 ] Ss - NS -

Lai et al. [ 24 ] Ss - ; :

Ko et al. [ 23 ] Ss - NS ;

Knee WS Ext rFlex/Ext/MLp Add rAdd/MLp

DeVita and Hortobágyi [ 12 ] Std NS ; - -

NS a : b Browning and Kram [ 7 ] Std NS -

Lai et al. [ 24 ] Ss - NS - NS

:/: c Segal et al. [ 49 ] Ss - - NS

Ko et al. [ 23 ] Ss - NS - NS

Russell et al. [ 48 ] Ss - - NS -

F. Silvernail et al. [ 16 ] Ss - NS - NS

Std - NS - NS

Hip WS Ext rExt/Flex/APp rAdd/MLp

DeVita and Hortobágyi [ 12 ] Std NS - -

: d

Browning and Kram [ 7 ] NS -

Lai et al. [ 24 ] Ss - NS NS
Ko et al. [ 23 ] Ss - NS NS
Pflex plantar flexion moment, rPflex/APp relative plantar flexion or anterior-posterior plane moment, rIn/MLp relative inversion or medial-lateral plane
moment, Ext extension moment, Add adduction moment, rFlex/Ext/MLp relative flexion or extension or medial-lateral plane moment, rAdd/MLp relative
adduction or medial-lateral plane moment, rExt/Flex/APp relative extension or flexion or anterior-posterior plane moment, NS no significance
: significantly higher in obese, ; significantly lower in obese, (-) not measured in study
a

Std

At 1.75 m/s walking speed, significantly higher in obese

b

At 0.50, 1.0 and 1.75 m/s walking speeds, no significant difference

c

Central obese/lower obese in weight acceptance stance phase