Table 2.

Maximum and minimum values of tangential (F_x) and normal (F_z) ground reaction forces during downslope (−50%), level (0%) and upslope (50%) walking before and after denervation of SO and LG muscles

			Downslope	Level	Upslope
Fx	max.	before	–	1.01 ± 0.18	3.00 ± 0.41
		after	–	0.71 ± 0.17*	2.58 ± 0.34*
	min.	before	−1.92 ± 0.22	−0.72 ± 0.20	–
		after	−1.60 ± 0.16*	−0.63 ± 0.16*	–
Fz	max.	before	3.87 ± 0.38	4.79 ± 0.56	5.17 ± 0.41
		after	3.19 ± 0.34*	4.19 ± 0.32*	4.80 ± 0.33*

Data are means ± SD given in N/kg. Data of 6 cats (total number of analyzed cycles for different walking conditions ranged between 102 and 147).

^*p < 0.05, postdenervation value is significantly different from the corresponding value before denervation.