Biomechanical Characteristics on the Lower Extremity of Three Typical Yoga Manoeuvres

Table 3

Mean and standard deviation of the total angular impulses (Nm) in the sagittal and frontal planes.

	Movement	Hip	Percent	Knee	Percent	Ankle	Percent
Yoga averages	Flex/ext	99.54	61.02%	20.74	12.71%	42.86	26.27%
	Abd/add	40.21	64.64%	20.18	32.44%	1.82	2.93%
Lunge	Flex/ext	132.35	68.35%	8.51	4.39%	52.78	27.26%
	Abd/add	34.41	61.36%	20.01	35.68%	1.66	2.96%
Warrior II	Flex/ext	83.64	61.56%	12.69	9.34%	39.53	29.10%
	Abd/add	34.83	60.35%	21.42	37.12%	1.46	2.53%
Triangle	Flex/ext	82.61	51.67%	41.02	25.66%	36.26	22.68%
	Abd/add	51.4	70.56%	19.12	26.25%	2.33	3.20%

Note: positive values indicate flexion and abduction and negative values indicate extension and adduction; significant differences () are highlighted in bold.