Table 2 Similarity of muscle synergies across different speeds.

From: Muscle synergies are consistent across level and uphill treadmill running

 

Level running

Uphill running

2.5 vs. 3.3 m/s

3.3 vs. 4.1 m/s

2.5 vs. 4.1 m/s

2.5 vs. 3.3 m/s

3.3 vs. 4.1 m/s

2.5 vs. 4.1 m/s

Synergy vectors

Synergy 1

0.96 ± 0.02

0.92 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.04

0.98 ± 0.01

0.95 ± 0.05

0.94 ± 0.04

Synergy 2

0.88 ± 0.09

0.76 ± 0.04

0.84 ± 0.09

0.92 ± 0.04

0.92 ± 0.05

0.87 ± 0.07

Synergy 3

0.95 ± 0.06

0.95 ± 0.05

0.88 ± 0.09

0.98 ± 0.01

0.97 ± 0.01

0.94 ± 0.04

Synergy 4

0.96 ± 0.01

0.95 ± 0.03

0.96 ± 0.01

0.97 ± 0.01

0.87 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.11

Synergy 5

0.93 ± 0.08

0.94 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.07

0.97 ± 0.01

0.95 ± 0.04

0.92 ± 0.08

Synergy activation coefficients

Synergy 1

0.97 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.02

0.97 ± 0.02

0.96 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.05

Synergy 2

0.94 ± 0.02

0.91 ± 0.03

0.92 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.02

0.92 ± 0.04

Synergy 3

0.92 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.04

0.89 ± 0.05

0.93 ± 0.02

0.94 ± 0.03

0.92 ± 0.03

Synergy 4

0.89 ± 0.05

0.87 ± 0.11

0.80 ± 0.09

0.90 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.04

0.89 ± 0.03

Synergy 5

0.93 ± 0.04

0.90 ± 0.07

0.87 ± 0.10

0.95 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.10

0.93 ± 0.05

  1. Values are mean and standard deviation. Similarity of muscle synergies for each subject was computed by the scalar products after adjusting for the delay.