Table 1.
MVCs across all experimental conditions and tests
| Exercise | Prox | Dist | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||||||
| Test | Prox | Dist | Prox | Dist | Prox | Dist | Prox | Dist | P < 0.05 | |
| IMRL | Mean | 172.4 | 105.2 | 92.9 | 83.4 | 164.4 | 117.5 | 119.1 | 63.5 | F, T, FT, EFT |
| s.e. | 24.2 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 22.6 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 3.8 | ||
| I | Mean | 68.1 | 41.4 | 50.0 | 36.4 | 57.9 | 43.6 | 46.1 | 33.2 | F, T, FT, EFT |
| s.e. | 9.7 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 2.1 | ||
| M | Mean | 57.9 | 33.6 | 37.5 | 30.9 | 52.1 | 36.1 | 40.3 | 27.1 | F, T, FT, EFT |
| s.e. | 7.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 2.2 | ||
| R | Mean | 38.4 | 21.6 | 27.9 | 18.6 | 36.7 | 23.6 | 28.9 | 16.9 | F, T |
| s.e. | 4.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.5 | ||
| L | Mean | 37.4 | 22.4 | 27.0 | 17.6 | 37.3 | 23.1 | 31.1 | 16.9 | F, T, EFT |
| s.e. | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 1.9 | ||
| I+M+R+L | Mean | 201.6 | 119.0 | 142.4 | 103.5 | 184.0 | 126.4 | 146.4 | 94.1 | F, T, FT, EFT |
| s.e. | 26.5 | 10.5 | 18.5 | 9.4 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 19.6 | 7.8 | ||
Means and s.e. across subjects are presented (in N). Abbreviations: Prox, proximal; Dist, distal; I, index finger; M, middle finger; R, ring finger; L, little finger; IMRL, all four fingers acting together; I + M + R + L, sum of the forces generated by individual fingers in single-digit MVC tests. The last column shows statistically significant main effects and interactions (P < 0.05) in corresponding ANOVAs: E, exercise site factor; F, fatigue factor; T, test site factor.