Table 2.
Mean and standard error of the mean force (in N) and RMS EMG (in μ.v.) in unilateral and bilateral tasks
| Force levels (% MVC) | Unilateral task | Bilateral task | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impaired | Nonimpaired | Impaired | Nonimpaired | Total | ||||||
| Force | RMS EMG | Force | RMS EMG | Force | RMS EMG | Force | RMS EMG | Force | RMS EMG | |
| 20% | 13.0 (2.0) | 26.2 (5.6) | 21.7 (1.8) | 19.8 (3.2) | 10.4 (2.0) | 21.4 (5.0) | 26.8 (2.5) | 23.1 (4.1) | 37.2 (3.3) | 44.5 (7.9) |
| 40% | 26.0 (4.1) | 41.9 (8.9) | 43.3 (3.5) | 33.7 (6.0) | 22.7 (4.1) | 40.8 (9.2) | 48.6 (5.1) | 41.5 (7.9) | 71.3 (6.7) | 82.3 (14.2) |
| 60% | 39.0 (6.1) | 61.0 (14.3) | 65.0 (5.3) | 53.7 (9.7) | 33.3 (6.0) | 58.5 (14.2) | 67.2 (7.7) | 64.3 (12.5) | 100.5 (10.0) | 122.8 (20.6) |
| 80% | 52.0 (8.2) | 75.5 (21.5) | 86.6 (7.1) | 89.9 (14.4) | 44.6 (8.1) | 75.4 (21.6) | 82.3 (7.5) | 95.6 (17.9) | 126.9 (11.7) | 170.9 (34.7) |
| 100% | 65.0 (10.2) | 81.6 (21.0) | 108.3 (8.8) | 147.3 (23.0) | 63.0 (10.6) | 75.0 (22.6) | 96.4 (10.3) | 111.9 (22.2) | 159.3 (14.9) | 186.9 (39.3) |