Contributions of Limb Joints to Energy Absorption during Landing in Cats

Table 2

Means and SD of the buffering durations of the RF () and RH () limbs, in a time interval (Δ) between the touchdown of the fore paws and the hind paws, for different jump heights^a.

Jump height (m)	(ms)	(ms)	Δ (ms)
1.0	47.29 (1.56)	33.67 (4.27)	60.00 (8.22)
1.2	46.18 (2.28)	40.33 (3.62)	30.26 (6.31)
1.4	48.67 (1.09)	42.28 (1.91)	27.57 (5.24)
1.6	47.33 (3.62)	53.67 (2.13)	23.33 (7.10)
1.8	46.96 (1.33)	57.00 (5.84)	17.42 (8.99)
2.0	48.21 (2.77)	59.19 (4.38)	−10.00 (10.57)

^aValues in the parentheses are the standard deviations (SD). Parameter shows statistically significant difference between jump heights.