Table 1. The hamstring EMG activity and the BFlh/ST ratio in five phases (0–10°, 10–20°, 20–30°, 30–40° and 40–50°) during NHE variations.
NH N20 N40 Intra-condition difference
BFlh (%MVIC) 0-10° 34.5 (21.0) † ‡§|| 44.4 (21.0) † ‡§|| 70.7 (33.7) † || N-20; N-40; 20-40
10-20° 45.5 (24.2) *‡§|| 71.8 (28.6) *‡ 88.0 (27.7) *§|| N-20; N-40
20-30° 58.5 (32.1) *† §|| 89.4 (36.0) *†  79.5 (21.4) §|| N-20
30-40° 79.6 (49.8) *† ‡ 90.1 (27.3) * 52.9 (20.3) † ‡|| 20-40
40-50° 96.3 (52.9) *† ‡ 82.2 (20.1) * 25.9 (13.6) *† ‡§ N-40; 20-40
ST (%MVIC) 0-10° 21.6 (14.3) † ‡§|| 33.9 (17.0) † ‡§|| 47.9 (26.9) †  N-20; N-40
10-20° 28.5 (17.1) *‡§|| 58.7 (31.1) *‡§ 68.3 (29.3) *§|| N-20; N-40
20-30° 38.0 (20.7) *† §|| 77.2 (41.7) *†  69.3 (29.0) §|| N-20; N-40
30-40° 57.9 (31.2) *† ‡ 82.2 (33.5) *†  49.8 (25.5) † ‡|| N-20; 20-40
40-50° 79.1 (41.7) *† ‡ 75.8 (25.4) * 27.2 (16.1) † ‡§ N-40; 20-40
BFlh/ST ratio 0-10° 1.6 (0.9) 1.3 (0.7) 1.3 (0.5) † ‡§||
10-20° 1.4 (0.5) 1.2 (0.6) 1.1 (0.3) §|| N-40
20-30° 1.3 (0.4) 1.0 (0.3) 1.0 (0.3) N-40
30-40° 1.2 (0.4) 0.9 (0.2) 0.9 (0.4) N-20
40-50° 1.0 (0.3) 0.9 (0.2) 0.8 (0.4)
The symbols (*0-10°, † 10-20°, ‡20-30°, §30-40° and ||40-50°) and abbreviations (N, NH; 20, N20; 40, N40) indicate significant difference (p < 0.05).