Table 4.

The results of peak ACL and PCL forces and impulse by foot strike type.

	Foot strike pattern			F	p	Post hoc
	FFS	MFS	RFS
Peak ligaments force(N/BW)
aACL	1.86 ± 0.17	1.88 ± 0.23	1.23 ± 0.31	6.605	.008*	FFS > RFS
pACL	0.82 ± 0.29	0.89 ± 0.20	0.55 ± 0.09	6.152	.009*	FFS > RFS
aPCL	1.59 ± 0.46	1.46 ± 0.32	1.51 ± 0.33	0.349	.707
pPCL	0.43 ± 1.02	0.40 ± 0.90	0.52 ± 0.78	0.089	.915
Ligaments impulse(N·s/BW)
aACL	0.17 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01	83.889	<.001*	FFS > RFS
						MFS > RFS
pACL	0.08 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	141.003	<.001*	FFS > RFS
						MFS > RFS
aPCL	0.15 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.02	.844	.437
pPCL	0.04 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	1.933	.162

FFS, forefoot strike; MFS, midfoot strike; RFS, rearfoot strike.

^*p < .05.