Table 2.

Spearman Correlation Coefficient of Age, BMI, Calf Circumference, and Maximal Ankle DF to Shear Modulus at Each Ankle Position

Characteristic
	Shear Modulus, Correlation (P valuea)
	Right Leg				Left Leg
	20° PF	10° PF	0° PF	10° DF	20° PF	10° PF	0° PF	10° DF
Age	0.25 (.28)	0.41 (.07)	0.27 (.26)	0.31 (.18)	0.16 (.51)	0.25 (.28)	0.35 (.13)	0.16 (.51)
BMI	−0.32 (.16)	−0.21 (.36)	−0.35 (.13)	−0.13 (.58)	−0.38 (.10)	−0.32 (.16)	−0.21 (.38)	−0.45 (.05)
Right calf circumference	0.06 (.80)	0.22 (.35)	0.08 (.75)	0.21 (.37)	−0.05 (.84)	0.02 (.93)	0.21 (.40)	−0.01 (.94)
Left calf circumference	0.05 (.83)	0.21 (.39)	0.07 (.77)	0.19 (.41)	−0.06 (.81)	0.00 (.99)	0.17 (.46)	−0.05 (.81)
Maximum right ankle DF	−0.16 (.51)	−0.24 (.30)	−0.24 (.32)	−0.39 (.09)	−0.18 (.45)	−0.20 (.39)	−0.42 (.06)	−0.45 (.05)
Maximum left ankle DF	0.10 (.64)	0.01 (.96)	−0.02 (.93)	−0.22 (.36)	−0.08 (.75)	−0.00 (.99)	−0.25 (.28)	−0.35 (.13)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DF, dorsiflexion; PF, plantar flexion.

^aP <.05 considered significant.