Table 1. Foot strike angle, spatiotemporal and force-related parameters in HRFS-AN, HRFS-GR and HNRFS.
Parameter HRFS-AN HRFS-GR HNRFS Overall p-value GR - AN MD [95% CI] p-value HNRFS - AN MD [95% CI] p-value HNRFS - GR MD [95% CI] p-value
Cadence (steps/min) 179.20±15.32 179.61±17.32 179.09±9.63 0.980 0.41 [-3.93, 4.74]
1.000
-0.12 [-10.36, 10.12]
1.000
-0.52 [-10.76, 9.72]
1.000
Step length (m) 0.84±0.07 0.84±0.08 0.84±0.05 0.991 0.00 [-0.02, 0.02]
1.000
0.00 [-0.05, 0.04]
1.000
0.00 [-0.05, 0.04]
1.000
Contact time (ms) 222.77±21.89 244.79±30.83 230.62±26.88 0.100 22.02 [1.43, 42.61]
0.108
7.84 [-12.38, 28.07]
0.447
-14.18 [-34.40, 6.05]
0.339
Strike angle (deg) -6.23±3.53 -1.71±2.39 -3.28±2.19 <0.001*** 4.52 [2.73, 6.30]
< 0.001***
2.95 [0.88, 5.02]
0.011*
-1.57 [-3.64, 0.50]
0.137
vGRF (BW) 2.51±0.24 2.46±0.18 2.67±0.34 0.128 -0.05 [-0.15, 0.05]
0.340
0.16 [-0.05, 0.37]
0.277
0.21 [0.00, 0.42]
0.157
VILR (BW/s) 58.41±14.77 75.73±24.20 66.28±15.43 0.028* 17.32 [5.48, 29.16]
0.012*
7.87 [-6.07, 21.82]
0.368
-9.45 [-23.39, 4.50]
0.368
VALR (BW/s) 46.82±12.25 61.75±21.11 50.24±13.27 0.025* 14.93 [4.43, 25.43]
0.016*
3.42 [-8.59, 15.43]
0.577
-11.51 [-23.52, 0.50]
0.121
Values are mean ± SD,
* p<0.05
*** p<0.001.
GR: HRFS-GR; AN:HRFS-AN; vGRF: vertical ground reaction force; VILR: vertical instantaneous loading rate; VALR: vertical average loading rate; BW: body weight.