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Net metabolic rate for walking under Normal, Ankles Fixed, and Ankles Weighted conditions. The latter two conditions required significantly greater net energy expenditure (5.8% and 6.4%, respectively). There was no significant difference between Fixed and Weighted conditions. (*P < 0.05, post-hoc paired t-test, N = 6.)
