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Energy storage and return (mean energy return shown) from the prosthesis decreases with increasing stiffness of the hindfoot, and possibly the forefoot. This result supports the principle of gravity force-driven energy storage. If instead kinematics were invariant, energy storage and return should have increased with higher stiffness.
