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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Feb 20;109(3):527–536. doi: 10.1007/s00421-010-1391-0

Table 1.

Mean antagonist muscle activity (% maximum) during isometric knee strength testing

VL RF VM ST BFL
Female 8.65 ± 4.13 6.10 ± 3.48 15.83 ± 7.02 6.15 ± 3.60 10.62 ± 6.76
Male 3.71 ± 1.68 3.72 ± 2.08 7.92 ± 4.45 4.40 ± 1.88 9.22 ± 6.37
Total 6.18 ± 3.99 4.91 ± 3.08 11.88 ± 7.05 5.28 ± 2.97 9.92 ± 6.53

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

VL vastus lateralis, RF rectus femoris, VM vastus medialis, ST semitendinosus, BFL long head of the biceps femoris