“…Of the 8 studies reporting results for spatio-temporal variables 5 studies reported no effect. Specifically, walking speed (Majumdar et al, 2010;Park et al, 2013), step or stride length (Coombes and Kingswell, 2005;Majumdar et al, 2010;Park et al, 2013;Schulze et al, 2014;Sessoms et al, 2020), cadence (Coombes and Kingswell, 2005;Majumdar et al, 2010), step width (Park et al, 2013;Sessoms et al, 2020), and double and single support time (Majumdar et al, 2010). Studies reporting no effect employed backpack or combined backpack and armour loads of 10.7-34.7 kg (Majumdar et al, 2010;Schulze et al, 2014;Sessoms et al, 2020), 8 kg webbing (Coombes and Kingswell, 2005), vest or body armour loads of 8-27 kg (Coombes and Kingswell, 2005;Park et al, 2013) and when also carrying a rifle (Majumdar et al, 2010;Schulze et al, 2014;Sessoms et al, 2020).…”