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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Brain Res. 2017 Apr 28;235(7):2243–2258. doi: 10.1007/s00221-017-4971-y

Table 2. Muscle loadings for the first four M-modes in a typical PD patient.

Muscle Off-drug On-drug


M1 M2 M3 M4 M1 M2 M3 M4
TA 0.75 -0.38 -0.17 -0.18 0.73 0.40 -0.25 -0.03
SOL -0.45 0.72 0.30 0.13 -0.37 -0.86 0.22 -0.03
GM -0.46 0.77 0.26 0.10 -0.29 -0.91 0.14 -0.01
GL -0.42 0.74 0.33 0.09 -0.23 -0.86 0.31 -0.01
BF -0.01 0.90 0.03 -0.03 -0.37 -0.74 0.34 -0.04
ST 0.81 -0.09 -0.01 0.02 -0.17 -0.08 0.76 -0.07
RF 0.86 -0.31 -0.20 -0.06 0.81 0.43 -0.22 0.02
VL 0.78 -0.17 -0.29 0.15 0.82 0.40 -0.15 0.03
VM 0.88 -0.34 -0.09 -0.03 0.88 0.26 -0.14 0.04
TFL 0.87 -0.08 -0.18 0.03 0.85 0.08 -0.25 -0.01
ESL -0.16 0.16 0.86 0.04 -0.21 -0.35 0.75 0.00
EST -0.17 0.20 0.85 0.02 -0.23 -0.30 0.73 0.03
RA 0.02 0.08 0.04 0.98 0.02 0.03 -0.04 0.99

Loading factors after Varimax rotation for a typical Parkinson's disease patient in the off-drug and on-drug conditions. Significant loadings (greater than 0.5) are shown in bold. TA - tibialis anterior, SOL - soleus, GM - gastrocnemius medialis, GL - gastrocnemius lateralis, BF - biceps femoris, ST - semitendinosus, RF - rectus femoris, VL - vastus lateralis, VM - vastus medialis, TFL - tensor fasciae latae, ESL - lumbar erector spinae, EST - thoracic erector spinae, RA -rectus abdominis.