Table 3. Muscle activation onset times for the 3 groups. All values are mean ± standard deviation.
Neutral Flatfoot High-arch P values Effect sizesb
Neutral vs Flatfoot Neutral vs High-arch Flatfoot vs High-arch
Tibialis anterior (s) a -0.16 ± 0.17 -0.16 ± 0.17 -0.18 ± 0.14 0.998 0.00 0.02 0.00
Peroneal longus (s) a 0.03 ± 0.08 0.08 ± 0.24 0.01 ± 0.08 0.937 0.04 0.09 0.00
Gastrocnemius medialis (s)a 0.06 ± 0.11 0.04 ± 0.14 0.03 ± 0.11 0.973 0.00 0.06 0.04
Soleus (s) 0.10 ± 0.14 0.17 ± 0.24 0.01 ± 0.11 0.164 0.35 0.81 0.92
a The data were not normally distributed.
b Cohen’s d and r were calculated when the data were normally distributed and not normally distributed, respectively.