Table 1.

Electromyographic amplitude (EMG_RMS) during steady-force and the a and b terms calculated from the log-transformed EMG_RMS-force relationship during linearly increasing and decreasing segments for the first and last successfully completed isometric trapezoidal contraction for the aerobically- (AT), resistance-trained (RT) and sedentary (SED) individuals.

Group	Subject	First contraction	Last contraction	Coefficients	First contraction		Last contraction
		EMGRMS (μV)	EMGRMS (μV)		Increase	Decrease	Increase	Decrease
AT	1	56.27	70.00	a term	0.213	0.270	0.222	0.564
				b term	1.013a	1.000a	1.084a	0.919a
	2	51.05	60.44	a term	0.530	0.542	0.679	0.366
				b term	0.838a	0.855a	0.832b	0.998b
	3	80.65	98.14	a term	0.634	0.240	0.798	1.175
				b term	0.769a	0.962a	0.827a	0.722a
	4	59.57	78.65	a term	0.172	0.126	0.529	0.069
				b term	1.062a	1.165a	0.926a	1.325a
	5	36.02	37.27	a term	0.366	0.285	0.734	0.337
				b term	0.866a	0.886a	0.748a	0.885b
RT	6	34.08	47.47	a term	0.023	0.042	0.389	0.016
				b term	1.249a	1.105b	0.806a	1.319a
	7	63.29	88.54	a term	0.004	0.022	0.002	0.005
				b term	1.494b	1.208a	1.636a	1.479a
	8	50.40	111.74	a term	0.011	0.142	0.006	0.001
				b term	1.405b	0.985a	1.697a	2.098a
	9	93.78	133.40	a term	0.019	0.254	0.025	0.037
				b term	1.373b	0.925a	1.391a	1.306a
	10	41.66	77.54	a term	0.071	0.141	0.016	0.009
				b term	0.986b	0.865b	1.333b	1.428b
SED	11	27.95	60.70	a term	0.426	0.518	0.111	0.040
				b term	0.744b	0.815a	1.152b	1.371b
	12	26.48	39.39	a term	0.293	0.069	0.430	0.035
				b term	0.794b	1.166a	0.810a	1.355b
	13	23.42	32.80	a term	0.111	0.022	0.056	0.017
				b term	0.979a	1.387a	1.174b	1.538a
	14	234.04	215.42	a term	1.161	0.299	1.996	0.264
				b term	0.891a	1.131a	0.834a	1.127a
	15	82.59	149.52	a term	0.075	0.066	0.390	0.175
				b term	1.153a	1.156b	1.032b	1.133a

^aIndicates relationship was linear.

^bIndicates relationship was curvilinear.