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Table 2.

Individual leg gait phase for flat and rough terrain running

	Flat terrain			Rough terrain
Leg	Stance onset phase	Swing onset phase^{^*}	Stance onset phase	Swing onset phase^{^*}
FL	–0.09±0.01	0.40±0.01	–0.07±0.02	0.48±0.04
FR	0.40±0.01	0.90±0.01	0.45±0.03	0.94±0.04
ML	0.42±0.01	1.02±0.01	0.45±0.02	1.04±0.02
MR	–0.07±0.01	0.51±0.01	–0.06±0.02	0.51±0.02
HL	0^{^†}	0.51±0.01	0^{^†}	0.54±0.02
HR	0.49±0.01	1.02±0.01	0.51±0.02	1.06±0.02

	Flat terrain			Rough terrain
Leg	Stance onset phase	Swing onset phase^{^*}	Stance onset phase	Swing onset phase^{^*}
FL	–0.09±0.01	0.40±0.01	–0.07±0.02	0.48±0.04
FR	0.40±0.01	0.90±0.01	0.45±0.03	0.94±0.04
ML	0.42±0.01	1.02±0.01	0.45±0.02	1.04±0.02
MR	–0.07±0.01	0.51±0.01	–0.06±0.02	0.51±0.02
HL	0^{^†}	0.51±0.01	0^{^†}	0.54±0.02
HR	0.49±0.01	1.02±0.01	0.51±0.02	1.06±0.02

Values are means ± s.e.m.; FL, front left; FR, front right; ML,middle left; MR, middle right; HL, hind left; HR, hind right

Swing onset phase=stance termination phase

Hind left leg stance onset was defined as the reference phase of 0