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Table 3 Angles (°) and angular velocity (°/cs). Median (min, max) of different variables in the two movement phases (n = 28)

From: Biomechanical analysis of lifting on stable versus unstable surfaces—a laboratory-based proof-of-concept study

All weights

Stable

Slightly unstable

Unstable

Friedman

Wilcoxon Paired sign-rank (Bonferroni-adjusted)

Median

Min

Max

Median

Min

Max

Median

Min

Max

p-value

stable vs unstable

Stable vs slightly unstable

Slightly unstable vs unstable

Hip

Down

  Mean

53.1

33.1

71.0

55.3

27.7

72.3

56.1

31.1

74.2

0.779

   

  Max

85.0

68.4

101.1

84.7

60.4

101.2

85.3

30.7

101.1

0.060

   

  Min

5.7

-3.0

67.2

6.4

-2.5

21.4

5.3

-2.1

23.1

0.565

   

  ROM

78.5

33.9

94.5

77.1

62.9

90.5

76.1

13.8

91.5

0.174

   

  Velocity

0.525

0.372

0.704

0.560

0.360

0.754

0.527

0.349

0.778

0.779

   

Up

  Mean

39.9

30.1

61.2

40.0

27.2

62.8

40.1

24.7

72.4

0.898

   

  Max

84.3

68.2

99.4

84.1

60.4

99.9

85.6

62.5

99.8

0.174

   

  Min

14.4

5.8

29.8

14.5

4.9

31.4

13.2

-0.1

36.9

0.131

   

  ROM

71.0

55.7

81.1

69.9

53.6

76.7

71.7

54.3

87.4

0.565

   

  Velocity

0.282

0.177

0.600

0.296

0.166

0.655

0.309

0.160

0.763

0.779

   

Knee

Down

  Mean

52.5

25.1

78.3

51.0

24.0

78.6

51.5

27.9

76.7

0.215

   

  Max

93.2

39.7

114.2

90.7

38.9

112.2

89.4

36.8

111.6

0.629

   

  Min

8.7

-4.0

54.1

9.9

-3.4

17.9

11.7

-3.3

23.7

0.007

0.002 (0.006)

0.033 (0.098)

0.350 (1.000)

  ROM

85.3

30.0

108.1

84.7

28.5

109.1

82.3

13.1

107.4

0.248

   

  Velocity

0.458

0.299

0.799

0.502

0.308

0.731

0.472

0.318

0.760

0.105

   

Up

  Mean

29.0

18.9

51.8

28.6

15.5

47.6

32.9

18.0

61.7

0.409

   

  Max

90.7

39.5

106.9

89.7

38.9

108.0

94.6

43.7

110.3

0.779

   

  Min

10.9

-8.4

22.5

9.6

-7.2

18.9

11.4

-10.7

24.3

0.004

0.016 (0.048)

0.423 (1.000)

0.001 (0.004)

  ROM

79.3

26.5

105.7

82.1

29.0

107.5

80.3

32.7

105.8

0.507

   

  Velocity

0.198

0.126

0.523

0.210

0.108

0.503

0.224

0.118

0.650

0.248

   

Pelvic

Down

  Mean

23.0

11.8

30.5

23.2

13.2

29.6

21.0

14.5

31.1

0.018

0.593 (1.000)

0.008 (0.023)

0.033 (0.098)

  Max

33.8

15.4

42.6

31.8

18.5

41.4

32.2

9.7

43.1

0.019

0.109 (0.326)

0.005 (0.015)

0.229 (0.687)

  Min

8.5

-0.7

33.4

8.8

-0.5

16.4

8.1

-3.5

19.2

0.629

   

  ROM

24.8

3.2

37.8

21.1

8.4

34.6

24.9

5.0

35.2

0.074

   

  Velocity

0.229

0.107

0.318

0.238

0.109

0.348

0.216

0.093

0.361

0.779

   

Up

  Mean

22.2

11.2

30.7

21.2

11.7

33.5

21.6

8.0

32.9

0.507

   

  Max

35.7

19.9

42.3

33.0

20.2

41.9

34.0

21.1

41.7

0.050

0.109 (0.326)

0.016 (0.048)

0.423 (1.000)

  Min

13.4

4.0

20.9

13.2

4.6

23.8

12.8

-4.4

24.3

0.507

   

  ROM

19.3

13.8

30.3

19.1

13.0

26.6

22.2

13.2

33.3

0.156

   

  Velocity

0.162

0.066

0.302

0.165

0.069

0.349

0.184

0.046

0.367

0.779

   

Lower back

Down

  Mean

16.1

3.5

43.9

14.7

5.2

42.0

16.1

-3.4

39.9

0.368

   

  Max

31.1

18.5

62.7

30.0

15.8

58.9

30.6

14.6

60.0

0.009

0.003 (0.010)

0.023 (0.0069)

0.504 (1.000)

  Min

-7.7

-15.8

4.1

-9.3

-15.3

4.5

-7.3

-21.3

22.0

0.965

   

  ROM

41.2

16.0

60.9

39.7

26.4

57.3

36.2

4.4

60.1

0.005

0.003 (0.010)

0.008 (0.023)

0.789 (1.000)

  Velocity

0.151

0.027

0.503

0.151

0.062

0.478

0.146

-0.035

0.493

0.009

0.023 (0.069)

0.003 (0.010)

0.504 (1.000)

Up

  Mean

8.5

1.1

43.6

6.5

-2.9

41.2

8.1

-0.8

38.8

<0.001

0.350 (1.000)

0.003 (0.010)

<0.001 (<0.001)

  Max

30.6

18.2

62.7

29.9

15.6

58.9

30.2

14.5

59.9

0.002

0.001 (0.004)

0.005 (0.015)

0.688 (1.000)

  Min

-4.6

-11.8

19.6

-6.2

-12.5

18.9

-4.9

-14.9

18.6

0.005

0.593 (1.000)

0.002 (0.006)

0.011 (0.033)

  ROM

38.0

26.5

46.3

35.9

27.4

46.9

31.9

25.9

48.4

0.015

0.005 (0.015)

0.423 (1.000)

0.045 (0.135)

  Velocity

0.053

0.007

0.532

0.047

-0.022

0.412

0.072

-0.009

0.457

0.002

0.350 (1.0)

0.011 (0.033)

0.001 (0.002)

Upper back

Down

  Mean

-41.1

-63.9

-21.2

-39.4

-60.1

-29.6

-39.9

-59.7

-17.1

0.050

0.016 (0.048)

0.109 (0.326)

0.432 (1.000)

  Max

-0.8

-7.1

3.0

-1.4

-9.1

3.3

-1.5

-26.5

5.3

0.331

   

  Min

-64.4

-98.7

-45.5

-61.3

-92.0

-43.1

-59.5

-92.4

-3.3

<0.001

0.002 (0.006)

<0.001 (0.001)

0.504 (1.000)

  ROM

63.1

45.2

96.5

59.4

44.6

89.9

57.0

6.1

91.1

<0.001

0.001 (0.004)

<0.001 (0.001)

0.688 (1.000)

  Velocity

-0.411

-0.699

-0.166

-0.395

-0.650

-0.249

-0.383

-0.674

-0.174

0.039

0.033 (0.098)

0.023 (0.069)

0.894 (1.000)

Up

  Mean

-31.9

-64.3

-19.4

-30.8

-61.4

-21.2

-31.3

-61.2

-25.3

0.039

0.285 (0.855)

0.011 (0.033)

0.142 (0.425)

  Max

-11.3

-30.1

-2.8

-10.2

-28.7

-1.4

-9.6

-27.6

-2.7

0.331

   

  Min

-64.2

-98.6

-46.8

-60.1

-91.7

-46.6

-59.9

-92.3

-45.0

<0.001

0.002 (0.006)

<0.001 (0.001)

0.142 (0.425)

  ROM

51.7

36.1

73.8

50.4

38.1

70.4

51.5

35.4

70.6

0.009

0.023 (0.069)

0.003 (0.010)

0.504 (1.000)

  Velocity

-0.220

-0.783

-0.116

-0.211

-0.614

-0.128

-0.226

-0.670

-0.171

0.055

   
  1. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in bold
  2. Velocity expressed in °/cs