Table 3. Pre and post values of the co-contraction indices (CCIs) and the centre of pressure displacement (COP) during Protocol 3 transfer task with cognitive interference (CI) are illustrated for the two groups RBT and SMT.
| CI (transfer task) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBT | SMT | |||||||||
| pre | post | % change | Eta2 | pre | post | % change | Eta2 | rmANOVA | ||
| CCI | ||||||||||
| Thigh | RF_BF | 531±419 | 420±353 | -21%* | η2 = 0.07 | 568±441 | 500±377 | -12% | η2 = 0.002 | P = 0.14 F(1,14) = 2.49 |
| Shank | GM_TA | 1511±879 | 1244±507 | -18% | η2 = 0.003 | 1608±990 | 1087±655 | -32%* | η2 = 0.07 | P = 0.006 F(1,17) = 9.84 |
| SOL_TA | 1703±708 | 1370±543 | -20%* | η2 = 0.02 | 1712±1142 | 1215±562 | -29%* | η2 = 0.09 | P = 0.01 F(1,18) = 8.00 | |
| COP [cm] | ||||||||||
| COPap | 101.1±21.3 | 97.5±19.6 | -3% | η2 = 0.00 | 98.5±21.7 | 89.8±14.1 | -9% | η2 = 0.02 | P = 0.14 F(1,17) = 2.46 | |
| COPml | 126.1±32.1 | 97.2±30.6 | -23%* | η2 = 0.17 | 123.8±44.5 | 106.8±25.4 | -14%* | η2 = 0.14 | P = 0.002 F(1,17) = 13.28 | |
Values represent mean values±standard deviations. A * symbol indicates a significant difference for pre/post comparison (in bold, p<0.05), rmANOVA time effects are listed in italics. For pairwise comparisons, a high effect size (η2>0.12) is marked in bold.