Table 3.
A summary of absolute reliability indexes. SEM: standard error measurement; SRD: smallest real difference.
| Muscles | Parameters | Affected | Nonaffected | Affected | Nonaffected | ||||
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| SEM | SEM% | SEM | SEM% | SRD | SRD% | SRD | SRD% | ||
| Biceps brachii | Frequency (Hz) | 0.49 | 3.73% | 0.45 | 3.31% | 1.14 | 8.71% | 1.06 | 7.71% |
| Decrement | 0.08 | 6.22% | 0.07 | 6.19% | 0.18 | 14.50% | 0.17 | 14.45% | |
| Stiffness (N/m) | 10.11 | 4.70% | 9.35 | 4.21% | 23.60 | 10.97% | 21.81 | 9.82% | |
| Creep | 0.07 | 4.57% | 0.06 | 4.39% | 0.16 | 10.66% | 0.15 | 10.23% | |
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| Brachioradialis | Frequency (Hz) | 0.48 | 2.85% | 0.61 | 3.55% | 1.12 | 6.65% | 1.43 | 8.28% |
| Decrement | 0.11 | 7.59% | 0.10 | 7.61% | 0.26 | 17.72% | 0.23 | 17.76% | |
| Stiffness (N/m) | 20.20 | 6.18% | 15.78 | 4.96% | 47.15 | 14.43% | 36.83 | 11.58% | |
| Creep | 0.05 | 4.56% | 0.06 | 5.71% | 0.11 | 10.63% | 0.14 | 13.32% | |
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| Rectus femoris | Frequency (Hz) | 0.73 | 4.92% | 0.30 | 2.00% | 1.71 | 11.47% | 0.70 | 4.68% |
| Decrement | 0.19 | 11.77% | 0.07 | 4.02% | 0.45 | 27.46% | 0.16 | 9.38% | |
| Stiffness (N/m) | 18.19 | 6.18% | 6.42 | 2.16% | 42.46 | 14.41% | 14.98 | 5.05% | |
| Creep | 0.07 | 5.67% | 0.04 | 3.05% | 0.17 | 13.23% | 0.09 | 7.13% | |
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| Tibialis anterior | Frequency (Hz) | 0.63 | 3.46% | 0.88 | 4.52% | 1.47 | 8.08% | 2.05 | 10.56% |
| Decrement | 0.14 | 12.22% | 0.17 | 14.03% | 0.33 | 28.51% | 0.39 | 32.73% | |
| Stiffness (N/m) | 14.76 | 4.15% | 19.60 | 5.15% | 34.44 | 9.69% | 45.73 | 12.02% | |
| Creep | 0.05 | 5.16% | 0.05 | 5.09% | 0.13 | 12.04% | 0.11 | 11.87% | |