Table 3.
Parameters of leg spring-mass model during vertical jumping. Data are means ( ±SD).
Young Group
Older Group
Normalized Fy
hip-lowest
(BW)
1.21 (.09)
.97 (.14)
*
Normalized ΔY
hip
(Length)
.41 (.07)
.31 (.08)
*
Normalized k
leg
(BW/Length)
3.03 (.56)
3.25 (.86)
* significant difference between groups, p<0 .05.
