Table 4.

Normalised peak vertical loading rates (BW/s) generated by the different groups while marching and during drill manoeuvres

	March	Halt	To attention	To ease	Right turn	Left turn
Trained women
Mean (SD)	42 (14)	461 (254)*†	343 (98)*†	316 (99)†	343 (117)*†	324 (123)*†
Lower/upper CL	33/50	300/623	281/405	253/378	269/417	246/401
Trained men
Mean (SD)	64 (31)	983 (333)*	832 (201)*	924 (309)*	794 (266)*	928 (300)*
Lower/upper CL	45/84	771/1194	704/959	728/1120	624/963	737/1118
Untrained men
Mean (SD)	70 (27)	491 (169)*†	499 (118)*†	420 (60)*†	515 (138)*†	536 (179)*†
Lower/upper CL	53/87	383/598	424/574	382/459	427/602	422/650

*Greater than march.

†Lower than trained men; both p<0.01.

BW, body weight; CL, 95% confidence limits.