Research Article

A Fast Testing Method to Objectively Quantify the Stiffness of Stability Boots

Table 2

Mean ankle angles and standard deviations (SD) from all 24 measurements sorted by anatomical movements (device reached maximal deflection of the test device due to low stiffness of the shoe).

ShoeFlexionExtensionEversionInversion
[°]SD[°]SD[°]SD[°]SD

13.680.1914.600.203.740.096.580.31
25.060.1710.720.293.40<0.017.240.15
33.700.1222.960.113.880.088.720.24
44.320.2617.480.043.640.098.680.08
54.200.2024.580.186.260.6125.00<0.0
63.660.0914.560.153.780.086.460.36