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Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2009 Aug 28;52(6):1530–1554. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0020)

Table 8.

Planned comparisons using a Mann–Whitney rank sum test to compare behavior by age group differences in coupling between pairwise comparisons of EMG modulation.

Muscle group comparisons	Medians (r)		T	p
Muscle group comparisons	Age 1	Age 2	T	p
Within Homologous Comparisons
Chewing × Age Group	.850	.870	49,723	.395
Multisyllabic × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.605	.650	28,112	.012^a
Within Ipsilateral Comparisons
Chewing × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.730	.860	66,072	< .001^a
Multisyllabic × Age Group	.625	.600	31,515.5	.668
Within Contralateral Comparisons
Chewing × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.680	.860	67,467	< .001^a
Multisyllabic × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.515	.630	24,385	< .001^a
Within Masseter Antagonist Comparisons
Chewing × Age Group: Age 1 > Age 2	.450	.420	43,716.5	.026^a
Multisyllabic × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.490	.570	31,235.5	.006^a
Within Temporalis Antagonist Comparisons
Chewing × Age Group	.430	.440	49,401.5	.715
Multisyllabic × Age Group: Age 1 < Age 2	.420	.490	28,096	< .001^a

Note. α = .05.

Statistically significant.