Table 5 Results for normalised (%SMVC) amplitude EMG of the left musculature during functional tasks
Task | Muscle | AEP | FP | Healthy | Kruskal-Wallis | Mann-Whitney U Pairwise Comprisons (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 | 78.8 (50.2) | 24 | 74.7 (42.1) | 25 | 76.3 (51.9) | 0.948 | – |
EO | 19 | 61.5 (39.7) | 21 | 54.3 (22.7) | 23 | 44.7 (23.4) | 0.249 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 19.8 (14.8) | 23 | 19.9 (17.7) | 25 | 13.6 (9.1) | 0.287 | – | |
LT | 16 | 22.7 (12.3) | 23 | 22.7 (15.5) | 25 | 22.8 (12.3) | 0.933 | – | |
Step Up | TrA/IO | 21 | 79.4 (55.4) | 24 | 78.9 (43.5) | 25 | 74.7 (58.0) | 0.69 | – |
EO | 19 | 60.5 (34.3) | 21 | 54.7 (24.0) | 23 | 42.6 (21.9) | 0.1 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 20.2 (16.2) | 23 | 19.7 (18.6) | 25 | 12.7 (8.7) | 0.218 | – | |
LT | 16 | 22.8 (10.9) | 23 | 21.8 (15.3) | 25 | 22.6 (13.3) | 0.777 | – | |
Reach Up | TrA/IO | 22 | 70.1 (55.9) | 23 | 71.8 (40.4) | 23 | 58.8 (47.0) | 0.229 | – |
EO | 19 | 52.6 (34.2) | 21 | 53.2 (24.6) | 23 | 41.9 (20.8) | 0.252 | – | |
sLM | 20 | 19.6 (14.3) | 23 | 19.0 (19.0) | 25 | 13.6 (8.4) | 0.38 | – | |
LT | 18 | 28.6 (17.2) | 21 | 20.2 (15.5) | 25 | 23.4 (14.8) | 0.173 | – | |
Pick Up Pen (Bend Down) | TrA/IO | 18 | 77.2 (60.4) | 22 | 73.5 (46.1) | 24 | 76.6 (52.6) | 0.957 | – |
EO | 18 | 56.6 (33.3) | 21 | 56.8 (32.0) | 23 | 42.2 (20.8) | 0.277 | – | |
sLM | 18 | 25.1 (37.9) | 23 | 18.8 (18.3) | 24 | 14.5 (8.7) | 0.812 | – | |
LT | 14 | 29.6 (36.7) | 23 | 20.5 (15.7) | 24 | 22.4 (13.2) | 0.626 | – | |
Pick Up Pen (Return) | TrA/IO | 18 | 75.4 (57.4) | 22 | 74.6 (47.3) | 21 | 64.8 (31.9) | 0.869 | – |
EO | 18 | 56.9 (3.8) | 21 | 55.4 (31.0) | 23 | 43.9 (22.3) | 0.379 | – | |
sLM | 18 | 25.2 (37.2) | 23 | 18.4 (18.1) | 24 | 14.0 (8.4) | 0.624 | – | |
LT | 14 | 29.2 (35.7) | 23 | 20.9 (16.7) | 24 | 22.1 (12.8) | 0.572 | – | |
Stand-to-Sit | TrA/IO | 18 | 60.0 (40.0) | 23 | 76.5 (54.2) | 22 | 39.5 (23.7) | 0.02* | FP vs H |
EO | 17 | 58.4 (36.9) | 21 | 55.3 (23.4) | 22 | 40.6 (22.2) | 0.094 | – | |
sLM | 19 | 30.9 (20.8) | 22 | 28.7 (17.1) | 22 | 17.6 (15.4) | 0.02* | FP vs H | |
LT | 15 | 45.0 (32.0) | 22 | 33.2 (22.4) | 23 | 38.6 (29.9) | 0.427 | – | |
Sit-to-Stand | TrA/IO | 19 | 56.0 (35.0) | 23 | 62.6 (44.8) | 23 | 36.7 (21.8) | 0.044* | – |
EO | 17 | 52.6 (29.5) | 21 | 53.7 (23.4) | 22 | 39.2 (22.0) | 0.115 | – | |
sLM | 17 | 17.1 (13.5) | 22 | 19.6 (19.8) | 23 | 12.3 (7.9) | 0.427 | – | |
LT | 16 | 29.5 (19.0) | 22 | 22.5 (16.0) | 23 | 28.4 (19.7) | 0.301 | – | |
Box Replace | TrA/IO | 22 | 70.5 (39.0) | 24 | 75.8 (41.1) | 24 | 74.1 (63.9) | 0.593 | – |
EO | 19 | 57.8 (33.1) | 21 | 54.3 (24.8) | 23 | 42.7 (20.7) | 0.251 | – | |
sLM | 21 | 23.4 (14.7) | 24 | 21.0 (18.2) | 24 | 15.1 (9.2) | 0.132 | – | |
LT | 17 | 25.9 (14.6) | 22 | 19.8 (16.2) | 24 | 22.6 (12.9) | 0.23 | – | |
Box Lift | TrA/IO | 22 | 72.3 (39.3) | 24 | 76.2 (42.6) | 23 | 74.2 (60.8) | 0.66 | – |
EO | 19 | 60.0 (35.0) | 21 | 55.4 (25.4) | 23 | 42.5 (21.2) | 0.129 | – | |
sLM | 21 | 23.6 (14.4) | 24 | 20.5 (17.6) | 24 | 15.1 (8.6) | 0.123 | – | |
LT | 17 | 25.5 (13.4) | 22 | 19.4 (15.2) | 24 | 22.6 (13.9) | 0.155 | – | |