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. 2006 Jun 19;273(1598):2177–2184. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3568

Table 3.

Work (J) delivered during the push-off at individual joints (left and right taken together) and summed over all joints as well as the total change in COM energy (J) calculated from the ground reaction force (bracketed).

ankles knees hips arms (shoulders + elbows) summed joint work (change in COM energy)
bonobo
3j-04 42 30 293 50 414 (390)
3j-05 46 −25 270 84 377 (381)
3j-15 62 −9 341 66 460 (450)
human 95 175 194 0 464 (447)