Table 2.
Main effects of condition | TOUCH vs NORM | HOLD vs NORM | ||||||||
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df | F | p | η 2p a | F | pb | η 2p a | F | pb | η 2p a | |
Energy cost | 2.00 | 8.35 | .001 | .323 | .09 | 1.000 | .006 | 8.46 | .023* | .377 |
Spatiotemporal step parameters | ||||||||||
Stride time | 1.09 | 17.38 | .001* | .581 | .54 | .953 | .037 | 19.54 | .001* | .583 |
Stride time SD | 1.03 | 0.91 | .358 | .075 | .92 | .708 | .062 | 0.93 | .705 | .062 |
Stride time asymmetry | 1.12 | 3.54 | .075 | .175 | 1.47 | .490 | .095 | 3.81 | .142 | .214 |
Stride length | 1.17 | 35.13 | .000* | .723 | .82 | .761 | .055 | 40.53 | .000* | .743 |
Stride length SD | 1.04 | 1.46 | .248 | .100 | 1.36 | .526 | .089 | 1.59 | .457 | .102 |
Stride length asymmetry | 1.42 | 7.32 | .008* | .359 | 3.57 | .160 | .203 | 9.69 | .015* | .409 |
Step width | 2.00 | 32.18 | .000* | .652 | 7.13 | .037* | .337 | 52.17 | .000* | .788 |
Step width SD | 2.00 | 18.89 | .000* | .551 | .74 | .805 | .051 | 23.96 | .000* | .631 |
Muscle activation parameters | ||||||||||
RMS mode 1 | 2.00 | 30.44 | .000* | .685 | 1.37 | .523 | .089 | 68.87 | .000* | .831 |
RMS mode 2 | 2.00 | 18.77 | .000* | .573 | 1.62 | .447 | .104 | 18.44 | .001* | .568 |
RMS mode 3 | 1.41 | 34.71 | .000* | .713 | 1.65 | .440 | .105 | 42.97 | .000* | .754 |
Relative phase variancec | 2 | 6.41 | .005* | .288 | .84 | 0.75 | .056 | 5.88 | .059 | .296 |
CAI GM_TA paretic | 1.17 | 7.96 | .011* | .399 | .00 | 1.000 | .000 | 8.93 | .023* | .427 |
CAI TA_PL paretic | 1.14 | .54 | .497 | .043 | .10 | 1.000 | .008 | .57 | .927 | .046 |
CAI RF_ST paretic | 2 | 1.03 | .373 | .079 | 2.06 | .354 | .146 | .11 | 1.000 | .009 |
CAI GM_TA nonparetic | 2 | 51.95 | .000* | .812 | .69 | .846 | .054 | 64.88 | .000* | .844 |
CAI TA_PL nonparetic | 2 | 6.46 | .006* | .350 | .41 | 1.000 | .033 | 8.58 | .025* | .417 |
CAI RF_ST nonparetic | 2 | 1.82 | .183 | .132 | 2.02 | .361 | .144 | 2.48 | .282 | .171 |
a = estimate of effect size, partial eta squared; b p-value corrected for multiple comparisons using Bonferoni correction. c = calculated using EMG normalized to unit variance over conditions, instead of normalized to NORM trial as reference