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. 2006 Sep 9;577(Pt 1):403–416. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.116772

Table 1.

Subject characteristics and relative spring stiffness

ID mgh (N m deg−1) Desired spring stiffness (N m deg−1) Actual spring stiffness (N m deg−1) Actual relative stiffness (K/mgh)%
RH 9.3 7.81 8.0 86.0
GW 9.2 7.73 8.0 86.9
WG 11.3 9.50 9.9 88.4
HW 11.8 9.92 9.9 87.5
NW 12.0 10.10 11.0 91.6
IL 11.8 9.92 9.9 83.8
RF 10.6 8.89 8.7 82.2
RG 9.2 7.72 7.6 82.7
HT 10.1 8.47 8.7 86.3
VS 11.1 9.3 9.9 89.2

Mean relative stiffness (all subjects) is 86.5.