Does Pelvic Tilt Angle Influence the Isokinetic Strength of the Hip and Knee Flexors and Extensors?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Reliability Measurements
3.2. Maximum Torque Values
3.3. HF/HE and KF/KE Torque Ratios
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pelvic Tilt | |||
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Neutral | Anterior | Posterior | |
Hip extension | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.87 (0.63–0.96) | 0.88 (0.67–0.96) | 0.91 (0.75–0.97) |
120°·s−1 | 0.93 (0.78–0.98) | 0.88 (0.65–0.96) | 0.94 (0.84–0.98) |
180°·s−1 | 0.88 (0.66–0.96) | 0.77 (0.13–0.71) | 0.95 (0.86–0.98) |
Hip flexion | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.89 (0.68–0.97) | 0.88 (0.66–0.96) | 0.87 (0.63–0.95) |
120°·s−1 | 0.88 (0.66–0.96) | 0.94 (0.81–0.97) | 0.95 (0.85–0.98) |
180°·s−1 | 0.93 (0.79–0.97) | 0.94 (0.83–0.98) | 0.89 (0.70–0.97) |
HF/HE ratio | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.84 (0.54–0.95) | 0.87 (0.64–0.96) | 0.65 (0.19–0.87) |
120°·s−1 | 0.91 (0.75–0.97) | 0.93 (0.80–0.98) | 0.94 (0.82–0.98) |
180°·s−1 | 0.92 (0.77–0.97) | 0.85 (0.59–0.95) | 0.92 (0.77–0.97) |
Pelvic Tilt | |||
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Neutral | Anterior | Posterior | |
Knee extension | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.92 (0.76–0.97) | 0.96 (0.89–0.99) | 0.95 (0.86–0.98) |
120°·s−1 | 0.95 (0.84–0.98) | 0.98 (0.96–0.99) | 0.94 (0.83–0.98) |
180°·s−1 | 0.96 (0.88–0.98) | 0.95 (0.85–0.98) | 0.69 (0.24–0.89) |
Knee flexion | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.91 (0.61–0.97) | 0.94 (0.81–0.98) | 0.82 (0.52–0.94) |
120°·s−1 | 0.86 (0.40–0.96) | 0.94 (0.71–0.98) | 0.84 (0.57–0.94) |
180°·s−1 | 0.88 (0.65–0.96) | 0.87 (0.55–0.96) | 0.69 (0.24–0.89) |
KF/KE ratio | |||
60°·s−1 | 0.73 (0.35–0.91) | 0.95 (0.83–0.98) | 0.81 (0.51–0.94) |
120°·s−1 | 0.75 (0.29–0.92) | 0.91 (0.28–0.98) | 0.92 (0.76–0.97) |
180°·s−1 | 0.84 (0.47–0.95) | 0.87 (0.48–0.97) | 0.69 (0.25–0.99) |
Pelvic Tilt | |||
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Anterior | Neutral | Posterior | |
Hip extension | |||
60°·s−1 | 249.00 ± 72.07 *^# | 231.90 ± 68.24 ^# | 226.44 ± 78.24 *^# |
120°·s−1 | 191.85 ± 59.35 *^# | 178.66 ± 65.89 ^# | 160.41 ± 64.44 *^# |
180°·s−1 | 144.66 ± 61.38 *^# | 131.09 ± 40.28 ^# | 130.93 ± 56.96 *^# |
Hip flexion | |||
60°·s−1 | 159.14 ± 53.01 ^ | 157.95 ± 50.52 ^ | 160.33 ± 54.44 ^ |
120°·s−1 | 131.42 ± 41.82 ^ | 131.04 ± 40.05 ^ | 133.12 ± 48.11 ^ |
180°·s−1 | 105.66 ± 40.77 ^ | 113.00 ± 39.28 ^ | 111.69 ± 46.72 ^ |
Pelvic Tilt | |||
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Anterior | Neutral | Posterior | |
Knee extension | |||
60°·s−1 | 156.85 ± 35.77 ^# | 151.57 ± 48.92 ^# | 159.53 ± 38.25 ^# |
120°·s−1 | 130.95 ± 50.24 ^# | 129.85 ± 51.43 ^# | 125.00 ± 42.15 ^# |
180°·s−1 | 109.49 ± 45.83 ^# | 105.61 ± 44.84 ^# | 110.19 ± 52.35 ^# |
Knee flexion | |||
60°·s−1 | 78.44 ± 26.56 ^ | 74.61 ± 26.37 ^ | 71.38 ± 25.82 ^ |
120°·s−1 | 60.19 ± 22.48 ^ | 57.90 ± 20.13 ^ | 59.00 ± 18.76 ^ |
180°·s−1 | 50.00 ± 19.87 ^ | 47.38 ± 20.53 ^ | 47.00 ± 19.85 ^ |
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Kellis, E.; Konstantopoulos, A.; Salonikios, G.; Ellinoudis, A. Does Pelvic Tilt Angle Influence the Isokinetic Strength of the Hip and Knee Flexors and Extensors? J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2024, 9, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9020073
Kellis E, Konstantopoulos A, Salonikios G, Ellinoudis A. Does Pelvic Tilt Angle Influence the Isokinetic Strength of the Hip and Knee Flexors and Extensors? Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2024; 9(2):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9020073
Chicago/Turabian StyleKellis, Eleftherios, Athanasios Konstantopoulos, Georgios Salonikios, and Athanasios Ellinoudis. 2024. "Does Pelvic Tilt Angle Influence the Isokinetic Strength of the Hip and Knee Flexors and Extensors?" Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 9, no. 2: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9020073