Table 3 Differences in biomechanical variables of interest between footwear and barefoot conditions. All variables are reported as mean ± standard deviation with the P value for between shoes and barefoot comparisons

2.24 ± 0.41

2.67 ± 0.41^a

2.62 ± 0.39^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.06

3.12 ± 0.20

3.12 ± 0.21

3.14 ± 0.21

0.76

0.07

0.41

0.23 ± 0.03

0.25 ± 0.02^a

0.25 ± 0.02^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.08

103.75 ± 18.05

119.50 ± 18.04^ab

117.29 ± 17.05^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.04

2.48 ± 0.45

2.55 ± 0.44^a

2.56 ± 0.44^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.27

37.64 ± 7.60

40.45 ± 8.04^a

40.04 ± 7.58^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.43

46.96 ± 4.52

48.99 ± 4.84^a

49.36 ± 4.10^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.32

19.11 ± 4.30

16.16 ± 4.40^ab

17.64 ± 5.83^a

< 0.001

0.02

0.04

32.40 ± 4.79

36.21 ± 4.22^a

36.31 ± 4.32^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.77

19.01 ± 3.81

20.17 ± 3.08^a

19.75 ± 3.37

0.01

0.12

0.12