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Comparison of concentric muscle activation within & between groups (unit: %RVC)
| Study group (n=15) | Control group (n=15) | t | p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre | post | Change (post-pre) | pre | post | Change (post-pre) | ||||
| TA | Paretic | 83.74 (30.62) | 116.42 (49.68) | 32.67 |
143.88 (122.39) | 144.07 (106.24) | 0.19 (75.76) | 1.411 | 0.169 |
| Non-paretic | 78.17 (66.61) | 88.73 (59.54) | 10.56 (65.28) | 148.10 (103.36) | 155.69 (129.20) | 7.59 (101.93) | 0.550 | 0.587 | |
| MG | Paretic | 137.8 (88.57) | 264.12 (151.70) | 126.32 |
157.89 (39.07) | 184.03 (43.93) | 25.14 |
2.833 | 0.008 |
| Non-paretic | 212.73 (56.99) | 316.20 (78.50) | 103.47 |
187.08 (53.77) | 246.70 (45.80) | 59.61 |
1.963 | 0.062 | |
| LG | Paretic | 154.39 (89.29) | 236.20 (92.63) | 81.86 |
173.86 (98.52) | 186.15 (152.09) | 12.28 (135.01) | 1.051 | 0.302 |
| Non-paretic | 193.53 (64.74) | 291.06 (87.90) | 97.52 |
198.11 (119.94) | 255.90 (142.02) | 57.79 |
1.927 | 0.064 | |
| SOL | Paretic | 222.99 (145.05) | 298.79 (165.37) | 75.80 (155.01) | 144.69 (85.01) | 167.78 (95.90) | 23.09 (102.50) | 1.080 | 0.146 |
| Non-paretic | 184.47 (82.42) | 293.77 (270.92) | 109.30 |
137.26 (179.11) | 238.44 (178.27) | 101.18 (232.13) | 1.161 | 0.125 | |
Values are represented mean (standard deviation). RVC: Reference Voluntary Contraction, TA: Tibialis Anterior, MG: Medial Gastrocnemius, LG: Lateral Gastrocnemius, SOL: Soleus. *p<0.05, **p<0.01.