Table 2 Work, maximum extension and flexion torques and corresponding knee angle values (mean ± sd)

Extension

torque [Nm/kg]

2.48 ± 0.65

2.87 ± 0.58

1.66 ± 0.40

1.88 ± 0.38

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

angle [°]

62.6 ± 6.6

63.3 ± 4.6

61.5 ± 4.2

62.3 ± 3.7

0.187

0.205

0.964

work [J/kg]

2.71 ± 0.72

3.13 ± 0.62

1.94 ± 0.49

2.17 ± 0.45

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Flexion

torque [Nm/kg]

1.57 ± 0.41

1.62 ± 0.37

1.17 ± 0.33

1.23 ± 0.30

0.004

< 0.001

0.854

angle [°]

23.6 ± 7.1

24.1 ± 5.6

37.1 ± 6.6

39.0 ± 11.5

0.180

< 0.001

0.462

work [J/kg]

1.84 ± 0.51

2.01 ± 0.43

1.43 ± 0.40

1.57 ± 0.38

0.003

< 0.001

0.348

0.65 ± 0.16

0.57 ± 0.09

0.73 ± 0.22

0.66 ± 0.13

0.001

< 0.001

0.322