Table 1 Participant characteristics (mean ± SD).

From: Recruit-aged adults may preferentially weight task goals over deleterious cost functions during short duration loaded and imposed gait tasks

Variable

Total (n = 20)

Men (n = 11)

Women (n = 9)

Age

26.0 ± 4.4

24.7 ± 4.6

27.6 ± 3.7

Height (m)

1.73 ± 0.1

1.79 ± 0.06*

1.65 ± 0.07

Weight (kg)

71.85 ± 16.12

79.07 ± 14.16*

63.02 ± 14.40

Body Mass Index (BMI)

23.9 ± 3.5

24.6 ± 3.7

23.0 ± 3.1

External load (kg)

 + 45%BW

31.72 ± 7.41

35.20 ± 6.20*

27.46 ± 6.72

 + 55%BW

38.88 ± 8.79

42.97 ± 7.71*

33.87 ± 7.61

Velocity (m/s)

BW

1.71 ± 0.21

1.73 ± 0.22

1.67 ± 0.20

 + 45%BW

1.66 ± 0.20

1.59 ± 0.10

1.74 ± 0.25

 + 55%BW

1.55 ± 0.22

1.60 ± 0.22

1.48 ± 0.21

  1. * Men significantly (p ≤ 0.05) greater than women.
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