Assessment of knee flexor muscles strength in patients with patellar instability and its clinical implications for the non-surgical treatment of patients after first patellar dislocation - pilot study

Table 1 Results of peak torque at 60 deg/s (z-value; Wilcoxon’s test)

Peak Torque 60	X (mean)	z-value	p-value
Normative data (for age and sex)	72.2 Nm	z = −5.535	p < 0.001
knees with recurrent dislocation n = 39	39.7 Nm	z = −5.535	p < 0.001
Normative data (for age and sex)	73.13 Nm	z = −4.681	p < 0.001
Uninvolved knees n = 27	53.01 Nm	z = −4.681	p < 0.001
Normative data (for age and sex)	75.5 Nm	z = −1.826	p = 0.0672
Control group of healthy subjects n = 18	66.3 Nm	z = −1.826	p = 0.0672

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