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Table 4 Muscle activity 50 ms after 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

255

299

52

62

144

141

121

112

62

116

123

61

79

160

52

67

75 %

66

63

25

18

45

61

53

63

41

65

85

31

34

85

41

48

Median

24

37

10

9

34

32

45

55

30

49

77

28

31

70

28

33

25 %

20

25

8

7

26

28

34

45

21

33

66

23

23

57

19

19

Min

10

12

6

6

16

16

22

26

18

27

40

14

16

25

11

12

Effect size (r)

0.376

0.349

0.322

0.376

0.885

0.858

0.885

0.081

  1. BF and GL muscle activities were significantly greater during FFS than during RFS cutting; TA muscle activity was significantly lower during FFS 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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