Table 3.
The increase rate of muscle force according to the intensity of vibration, perception threshold (100%) and subthreshold (80%) on the tibialis anterior tendon [%].
| Lower leg muscles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soleus | Lateral Gastrocnemius | Medial Gastrocnemius | Tibialis anterior | |||||||
| % | p value | % | p value | % | p value | % | p value | |||
| Tibialis anterior tendon | 180 Hz | 100% | 7.14 ± 3.57 | 0.799 | 12.04 ± 6.02 | 0.386 | 12.22 ± 6.11 | 0.575 | 13.22 ± 6.61 | 0.878 |
| 80% | 9.06 ± 10.75 | 9.89 ± 7.76 | 11.06 ± 7.12 | 8.93 ± 6.52 | ||||||
| 190 Hz | 100% | 11.84 ± 5.92 | 0.575 | 13.06 ± 6.53 | 0.646 | 10.04 ± 5.02 | 0.799 | 12.74 ± 6.37 | 0.959 | |
| 80% | 6.23 ± 13.04 | 8.15 ± 14.61 | 5.72 ± 8.52 | 6.28 ± 5.99 | ||||||
| 250 Hz | 100% | 12.48 ± 6.24 | 0.508 | 13.68 ± 6.84 | 0.386 | 10.11 ± 5.06 | 0.386 | 9.18 ± 4.59 | 0.114 | |
| 80% | 5.82 ± 20.19 | 15.18 ± 19.52 | 7.63 ± 8.24 | 3.11 ± 6.86 | ||||||