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Table 5 Rest time of muscles: percentage of time when surface electromyography voltage < 0.5 % of maximum voluntary contraction (Psychophysiological measures)

From: Muscle activity and acute stress in fibromyalgia

 

FM

(n = 51)

Control

(n = 31)

p-value

Trapezius, left

 Mean (SD)

35.4 (35.2)

66.4 (31.8)

< 0.001

 Median [Min, Max]

23.6 [0.0, 97.5]

80.6 [0.2, 100]

 

Trapezius, right

 Mean (SD)

35.6 (30.7)

59.6 (30.8)

0.001

 Median [Min, Max]

36.6 [0.1, 98.6]

57.4 [0.3, 100]

 

Erector spinae, left

 Mean (SD)

5.4 (17.2)

7.1 (17.0)

0.658

 Median [Min, Max]

0.0 [0.0, 99.9]

0.3 [0.0, 79.2]

 

Erector spinae, right

   

 Mean (SD)

4.1 (11.2)

4.3 (8.8)

0.945

 Median [Min, Max]

0.1 [0.0, 62.2]

0.6 [0.0, 43.6]

 

Biceps brachii, left

 Mean (SD)

40.0 (35.4)

71.1 (27.9)

< 0.001

 Median [Min, Max]

30.5 [0.0, 99.9]

80.3 [17.6, 100]

 

Biceps brachii, right

 Mean (SD)

40.0 (36.2)

74.6 (27.5)

< 0.001

 Median [Min, Max]

32.4 [0.0, 99.9]

83.6 [11.6, 100]

 
  1. FM Fibromyalgia patients, SD standard deviation