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. 2011 Aug 2;8:41. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-8-41

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (Spearman) between coactivation levels of knee and ankle extensors and clinical measures in stroke participants

Clinical tests Levels of coactivation
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