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. 2008 Feb 27;5:7. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-5-7

Table 2.

Parameter Values*

Muscle Subject A(N/ms) τ1(ms) τ2 (ms) Km
Quadriceps Femoris (N = 8) #1 0.351 292.7 503.1 0.067
#2 0.412 31.2 200 0.01
#3 2.878 72.6 1 0.215
#4 1.153 46.9 69.2 0.016
#5 0.53 46.1 84.7 0.012
#6 0.682 169.3 31.1 0.034
#7 1.504 38.591 39.58 0.016
#9 1.04 61.8 5.5 0.024
Average 1.07 94.9 116.8 0.049
COV** 78% 96% 144% 141%

Dorsiflexor (N = 7) #1 0.183 99.9 86.4 0.054
#2 0.143 132.6 0.001 0.01
#3 0.282 73.5 61.6 0.022
#4 0.091 183.0 1 0.005
#5 0.193 153.4 1 0.004
#9 0.305 84.8 53.8 0.011
#10 0.356 70.0 0.01 0.01
Average 0.222 113.9 29.1 0.017
COV ** 43% 38% 127% 101%

Plantar-flexor (N = 9) #1 0.194 373.7 1 0.231
#2 0.28 75.0 240.6 0.033
#3 0.963 51.7 104.6 0.017
#4 0.287 63.6 260.1 0.013
#5 0.187 35.5 311.6 0.02
#6 0.287 654.3 1 0.01
#7 0.291 67.1 259.1 0.02
#8 0.343 115.2 91.7 0.052
#9 0.381 55.1 132.4 0.02
Average 0.357 168.7 155.8 0.046
COV** 71% 123% 78% 151%

*Please note that for each muscle group, parameter R was fixed at 5 and τc was fixed at 11 ms. In addition, certain muscle groups were not tested due to reflex responses or muscle swelling (see text and Table 1 for details).

** COV, Coefficient of variation = (Standard Deviation/Average) × 100