Table 4 Results for normalised (%SMVC) amplitude EMG of the right musculature during functional tasks
Task | Muscle | AEP | FP | Healthy | Kruskal-Wallis | Mann Whitney-U Pairwise comparisons (post hoc) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(*p < 0.05) | (*p < 0.0167) | ||||||||
Number of trials | Mean (SD) | Number of trials | Mean (SD) | Number of trials | Mean (SD) | Â | Â | ||
Step Down | TrA/IO | 21 | 57.4 (32.3) | 21 | 62.3 (34.5) | 25 | 52.6 (32.6) | 0.576 | – |
EO | 21 | 54.4 (26.8) | 24 | 46.2 (23.9) | 22 | 38.8 (21.2) | 0.109 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 33.8 (32.2) | 22 | 24.6 (23.6) | 25 | 16.2 (10.7) | 0.136 | – | |
LT | 18 | 25.8 (20.6) | 22 | 26.2 (17.7) | 26 | 26.9 (24.5) | 0.937 | – | |
Step Up | TrA/IO | 21 | 55.1 (31.4) | 21 | 65.0 (39.0) | 25 | 51.1 (33.4) | 0.419 | – |
EO | 21 | 53.8 (25.0) | 24 | 46.8 (25.0) | 22 | 36.8 (19.7) | 0.059 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 33.8 (33.8) | 22 | 25.0 (24.8) | 25 | 14.6 (9.7) | 0.046* | AEP vs H | |
LT | 18 | 26.7 (21.0) | 22 | 26.2 (19.2) | 26 | 25.8 (27.9) | 0.547 | – | |
Reach Up | TrA/IO | 23 | 50.2 (25.0) | 20 | 63.6 (36.8) | 25 | 50.2 (35.2) | 0.284 | – |
EO | 23 | 50.7 (23.1) | 24 | 44.2 (23.7) | 22 | 36.7 (19.7) | 0.108 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 26.9 (25.2) | 22 | 19.4 (23.1) | 26 | 12.9 (8.7) | 0.039* | AEP vs H | |
LT | 19 | 26.7 (26.2) | 22 | 22.7 (16.0) | 26 | 21.1 (16.6) | 0.698 | – | |
Pick Up Pen (Bend Down) | TrA/IO | 21 | 54.1 (34.3) | 20 | 64.1 (38.0) | 26 | 50.0 (31.1) | 0.391 | – |
EO | 21 | 50.2 (23.8) | 24 | 43.9 (25.7) | 21 | 35.0 (17.8) | 0.101 | – | |
sLM | 18 | 28.4 (26.4) | 23 | 20.0 (23.6) | 24 | 16.3 (12.8) | 0.132 | – | |
LT | 18 | 25.6 (21.5) | 23 | 24.0 (18.5) | 26 | 23.6 (19.0) | 0.827 | – | |
Pick Up Pen (Return) | TrA/IO | 21 | 54.9 (34.5) | 20 | 62.3 (37.4) | 25 | 48.5 (27.8) | 0.45 | – |
EO | 20 | 50.3 (26.4) | 24 | 43.2 (25.2) | 21 | 34.5 (17.8) | 0.122 | – | |
sLM | 18 | 29.0 (24.8) | 23 | 20.4 (22.3) | 24 | 16.1 (10.2) | 0.089 | – | |
LT | 17 | 26.9 (21.8) | 23 | 24.1 (17.9) | 26 | 24.2 (23.8) | 0.625 | – | |
Stand-to-Sit | TrA/IO | 22 | 59.7 (49.4) | 18 | 68.3 (53.1) | 24 | 44.3 (27.3) | 0.266 | – |
EO | 22 | 53.6 (25.5) | 21 | 46.2 (24.0) | 20 | 37.8 (20.4) | 0.14 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 50.8 (67.8) | 21 | 31.2 (23.6) | 24 | 19.8 (18.3) | 0.054 | – | |
LT | 17 | 56.3 (79.5) | 22 | 32.1 (17.3) | 24 | 40.8 (48.7) | 0.693 | – | |
Sit-to-Stand | TrA/IO | 22 | 58.8 (52.4) | 18 | 55.1 (34.8) | 23 | 42.1 (27.6) | 0.381 | – |
EO | 22 | 51.5 (24.9) | 21 | 44.6 (23.2) | 21 | 44.0 (37.6) | 0.259 | – | |
sLM | 19 | 44.9 (76.9) | 21 | 23.0 (24.9) | 23 | 12.5 (7.1) | 0.254 | – | |
LT | 18 | 27.7 (22.3) | 22 | 23.5 (15.7) | 24 | 33.5 (47.8) | 0.523 | – | |
Box Replace | TrA/IO | 23 | 61.2 (41.8) | 20 | 69.3 (44.2) | 25 | 52.3 (37.5) | 0.453 | – |
EO | 23 | 55.5 (25.6) | 23 | 44.4 (24.7) | 21 | 37.8 (19.3) | 0.062 | – | |
sLM | 19 | 33.1 (23.3) | 23 | 22.9 (22.5) | 25 | 17.1 (11.1) | 0.026* | AEP vs H | |
LT | 19 | 33.5 (26.9) | 22 | 24.6 (16.8) | 25 | 27.1 (28.7) | 0.486 | – | |
Box Lift | TrA/IO | 23 | 61.3 (42.1) | 20 | 69.7 (44.9) | 25 | 52.0 (38.2) | 0.349 | – |
EO | 23 | 57.6 (25.6) | 23 | 43.8 (23.4) | 21 | 37.5 (19.1) | 0.019 | AEP vs H | |
sLM | 19 | 32.9 (22.5) | 23 | 24.6 (24.3) | 25 | 18.4 (12.0) | 0.051 | – | |
LT | 18 | 31.9 (25.5) | 22 | 25.3 (16.6) | 25 | 29.0 (32.7) | 0.469 | – | |