Effects of wearing knee-guards on skin pressure and skin blood flow during dynamic motions

Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 3 Skin pressure distribution by measured points and posture with and without knee-supports

Posture/motion	Knee guard condition	Control	P value
Standing 1st	1.4 ± 0.7^ab	0.5 ± 0.6^ab	< 0.001
Sitting	1.2 ± 0.8^b	0.1 ± 0.5^b	< 0.001
Standing 2nd	1.3 ± 0.7^b	0.5 ± 0.6^ab	0.001
Switching directions	1.6 ± 0.9^a	0.8 ± 0.6^a	0.001
Standing 3rd	1.3 ± 0.7^b	0.5 ± 0.5^ab	< 0.001
Long kicking	1.5 ± 0.8^ab	0.7 ± 0.8^a	0.001
Standing 4th	1.2 ± 0.7^b	0.3 ± 0.5^b	< 0.001
Instep kicking	1.3 ± 0.7^b	0.7 ± 0.8	0.002
Standing 5th	1.2 ± 0.8^b	0.3 ± 0.5^b	< 0.001
Jumping	1.7 ± 0.7^a	1.0 ± 0.8^a	0.002
Standing 6th	1.2 ± 0.9^b	0.5 ± 0.6^ab	0.001

N = 21; a, b or c represents statistically identified groups classified by Duncan test among the postures/motions. Data are expressed as mean ± SE