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Table 1.

Contact time and stride time for each added inertial force (AIF) condition for walking and running

	Contact time (s)			Stride time (s)
Treatment	Walk	Run^*	Walk^*	Run^*
0% AIF	0.64±0.04	0.25±0.02	1.05±0.06	0.72±0.05
10% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.26±0.02^a	1.05±0.06	0.72±0.06
20% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.26±0.02^a	1.04±0.06	0.73±0.06
30% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.27±0.02^a,b	1.05±0.06	0.73±0.04
40% AIF	0.64±0.04	0.28±0.02^a,b,c	1.06±0.06^c	0.75±0.05^a,b,c

	Contact time (s)			Stride time (s)
Treatment	Walk	Run^*	Walk^*	Run^*
0% AIF	0.64±0.04	0.25±0.02	1.05±0.06	0.72±0.05
10% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.26±0.02^a	1.05±0.06	0.72±0.06
20% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.26±0.02^a	1.04±0.06	0.73±0.06
30% AIF	0.63±0.04	0.27±0.02^a,b	1.05±0.06	0.73±0.04
40% AIF	0.64±0.04	0.28±0.02^a,b,c	1.06±0.06^c	0.75±0.05^a,b,c

Values are means ± s.d. Note: ^*significant main effect of load, P<0.05; ^adifferent from 0% AIF; ^bdifferent from 10% AIF; ^cdifferent from 20% AIF