Table 3.
Clinical tests | Levels of coactivation | |||||||
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Knee extension task | Plantarflexion task | |||||||
Sol | GL | VL | RF | |||||
at VLmax | at RFmax | at VLmax | at RFmax | at Solmax | at GLmax | at Solmax | at GLmax | |
LEMOCOT | -0.15 | -0.20 | -0.76** | -0.75** | -0.58* | -0.55* | -0.72** | -0.55* |
CMSAFoot | -0.33 | -0.19 | -0.75** | -0.73** | -0.42 | -0.38 | -0.66* | -0.69** |
CSI | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.75** | 0.68* | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.73** | 0.87** |
Gait speed | -0.47 | -0.56* | -0.64* | -0.70** | -0.21 | -0.20 | -0.40 | -0.43 |
Sol : Soleus; GL: Gastrocnemius Lateralis; VL: Vastus Lateralis; RF: Rectus Femoris; LEMOCOT: Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test; CMSA: Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment at the foot; CSI: Composite Spasticity Index; GaitSpeed : Comfortable walking speed; Significant correlations are in bold characters; *p ≤ 0.05;** p ≤ 0.01