Table 3.

Muscle strengths of the ankle and toe in participants with and without a history of MTSS

Joint	Direction	MVIC torque (N·m)		P-value	Effect size (r)
		No history of MTSS	History of MTSS
Ankle	Plantar flexion	84.2 ± 28.2	92.2 ± 28.2	0.45	0.15
	Dorsiflexion	32.7 ± 5.4	33.3 ± 5.3	0.75	0.07
	Eversion	21.6 ± 5.7	22.6 ± 5.8	0.66	0.09
	Inversion	23.5 ± 9.9	22.0 ± 5.9	0.90	0.02
1st MTPJ	Plantar flexion	9.8 ± 2.3	12.0 ± 3.0	0.04	0.40
2nd–5th MTPJ	Plantar flexion	6.0 ± 1.6	6.0 ± 2.1	0.94	0.02

MTSS, medial tibial stress syndrome

MTPJ, metatarsophalangeal joint

MVIC, maximal voluntary isometric contraction