Table 2

Summary of results concerning the onset angle, the amplitude of initial flexion (F1Amp), the amplitude of initial extension (E1Amp), the relaxation index (RI), the extension relaxation index (ERI), the stiffness (KF1) and the viscosity (BF1) during the first flexion.

control nr.
onset angle (°)
F1amp (°)
E1amp (°)
RI
ERI
KF1a (N/rad m4)
BF1a (N sec/rad m4)

1
9.9
94.4
76.5
2.0
1.62
1.51
0.018
2
10.3
100.3
98.9
2.4
2.33
1.13
0.021
3
15.7
106.7
91.1
2.0
1.71
1.90
0.020
4
11.7
98.6
62.8
1.4
0.90
1.31
0.007
5
10.9
98.1
60.0
1.4
0.87
1.05
0.005
6
13.0
94.6
68.3
1.6
1.12
1.40
0.010
7
10.3
99.0
69.9
1.8
1.43
1.28
0.015
8
18.5
102.0
80.9
1.8
1.41
1.23
0.011
9
11.6
100.1
99.0
2.1
1.70
1.06
0.020








mean
12.4
99.3
78.6
1.8
1.46
1.32
0.014
SE
1.0
1.2
5.0
0.1
0.15
0.09
0.002

patient nr.








1
15.4
45.5
41.1
1.3
0.40
2.45
0.023
2
10.1
70.3
61.1
1.5
0.77
2.29
0.033
3
10.4
77.3
41.7
1.4
1.23
1.79
0.035
4
9.1
97.3
30.1
1.2
1.65
1.19
0.018
5
19.2
87.3
11.8
1.6
1.45
1.84
0.024
6
12.8
85.5
57.2
1.7
0.63
1.88
0.007
7
10.0
85.0
75.1
1.9
0.87
2.51
0.019
8
13.8
80.9
76.2
1.6
0.72
1.58
0.018
9
15.1
75.8
44.7
1.2
0.50
1.69
0.016








mean
12.9
78.3
48.8
1.5
0.91
1.91
0.021
SE
1.1
4.8
7.0
0.1
0.14
0.14
0.003

a Parameters normalized by fifth power of body height

Valle et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006 7:89   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-7-89