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Table 3 Muscle activity 50 ms before foot strike (%)

From: Effect of Forefoot Strike on Lower Extremity Muscle Activity and Knee Joint Angle During Cutting in Female Team Handball Players

 

VM

RF

VL

ST*

BF*

TA*

GL*

PL

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

RFS

FFS

Max

239

293

36

48

134

136

56

67

36

90

77

44

68

91

38

60

75 %

63

61

17

15

42

60

29

38

21

42

53

29

27

46

28

33

Median

24

36

8

8

25

29

24

30

16

24

47

25

20

38

20

24

25 %

15

19

5

5

23

23

19

25

12

13

43

16

16

32

12

14

Min

8

11

4

4

14

14

10

14

7

12

19

7

12

16

7

7

Effect size (r)

0.349

0.108

0.027

0.644

0.805

0.778

0.885

0.081

  1. BF, ST, and GL muscle activities were significantly greater during FFS than during RFS cutting, and TA muscle activity was significantly greater during RFS cutting
  2. RF rectus femoris, VM vastus medialis, VL vastus lateralis, ST semitendinosus muscle, BF biceps femoris, TA tibialis anterior, GL lateral head of the gastrocnemius, PL peroneus longus, FFS forefoot strike cutting, RFS rearfoot strike cutting
  3. *RFS vs FFS, p < 0.05
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