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).