Table 2 Duration of sustained activation of each muscle comparison (ms).

From: Lower extremity electromyographic characteristics of patients with noncontact anterior cruciate ligament rupture in one-legged jump landings: a case-control study

Muscle

Injury group

Control group

p-valuea

Dominant leg (Affected limb)

Non-dominant leg

(Healthy limbs)

Dominant leg

Non-dominant leg

VL

354.12 ± 101.82

339.37 ± 84.57

337.64 ± 87.35

329.28 ± 105.18

0.8781

VM

336.45 ± 77.18

322.16 ± 80.08

311.22 ± 82.60

321.59 ± 86.27

0.4906

BF

346.61 ± 73.52

335.16 ± 65.84

305.52 ± 55.67*

315.43 ± 59.81

0.4472

ST

347.34 ± 66.86

338.24 ± 65.05

311.34 ± 57.10

319.97 ± 54.78

0.5084

Gmax

261.39 ± 52.60

257.49 ± 49.75

230.04 ± 42.81*

235.21 ± 55.30

0.6808

  1. Note: a, indicates the effect of subject group× test limb interactions on the muscle sustained activation time; *, indicates p < 0.05 for comparison (a), indicates the effect of subject group test limb interactions on the muscle sustained activation time; *, indicates p < 0.05 for comparison between the dominant leg in the injury group and the other groups.
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