Table 1.
Inter‐day reliability of the shear modulus measured at 80% of maximal ROM
| Leg Compartment | Muscle layer | Transducer location | n | Mean (SD) (kPa) | SEM (kPa) | ICC | CV (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posterior | Superficial | GMdis | 22 | 128.5 (27.3) | 6.0 | 0.96 | 5.3 |
| GMmid | 22 | 106.0 (26.2) | 6.0 | 0.95 | 6.2 | ||
| GMpro | 22 | 87.1 (24.7) | 7.4 | 0.92 | 10.0 | ||
| GLdis | 22 | 67.1 (24.1) | 4.6 | 0.97 | 7.8 | ||
| GLmid | 22 | 65.6 (18.8) | 6.2 | 0.90 | 11.4 | ||
| GLpro | 22 | 57.2 (17.4) | 4.9 | 0.93 | 7.2 | ||
| SOLdis | 22 | 10.2 (2.7) | 1.1 | 0.85 | 12.3 | ||
| SOLpro | 22 | 9.0 (3.0) | 1.0 | 0.91 | 13.9 | ||
| Deep | FDL | 20 | 14.4 (5.1) | 2.4 | 0.81 | 14.5 | |
| FHL | 19 | 11.1 (3.3) | 1.3 | 0.86 | 13.8 | ||
| TP | 14 | 11.0 (4.2) | 2.1 | 0.79 | 17.8 | ||
| Lateral | Superficial | PL | 22 | 15.7 (5.3) | 1.5 | 0.92 | 13.9 |
| Anterior | Superficial | TA | 21 | 7.3 (2.3) | 0.7 | 0.92 | 12.2 |
| EDL | 22 | 8.1 (2.7) | 1.0 | 0.88 | 13.3 |
CV, coefficient of variation of the measurement; dis, distal‐leg transducer location; EDL, extensor digitorum longus; FDL, flexor digitorum longus; FHL, flexor hallucis longus; GL, gastrocnemius lateralis; GM, gastrocnemius medialis; ICC, interclass correlation coefficient factor; mid, mid‐leg transducer location; PL, peroneus longus; pro, proximal‐leg transducer location; SEM, standard error of measurement; SOL, soleus; TA, tibial anterior; TP, tibialis posterior.
Data are shown as mean values (± standard deviation).