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. 2019 Apr 20;19(8):1885. doi: 10.3390/s19081885

Table 3.

Results for anterior and middle deltoids’ EMG activity (p-value and effect size for area under the curve and peak EMG activity).

One-Way ANOVA p-value One-Way ANOVA η2 Two-Way ANOVA p-value Two-Way ANOVA η2 Post-Hoc Analysis
L1 vs L2 L1 vs L3 L1
vs L4
L1 vs M1 L1 vs H1 L2 vs M2 L2 vs H2 L2 vs L3 L2 vs L4 L3 vs L4 M1
vs M2
M1 vs H1 M2 vs H2 H1 vs H2
Anterior deltoid RMS (p-value) Weight effect <0.001 0.505 <0.001 0.889
Height effect - - <0.001 0.480
Weight x Height effect - - 0.001 0.361 0.003 0.001 <0.001 0.042 0.197 0.928 <0.001 0.021 <0.001 0.03 0.124 0.678 <0.001 <0.001
Peak EMG activity (p-value) Weight effect <0.001 0.460 0.001 0.540
Height effect - - 0.003 0.317
Weight x Height effect - - 0.001 0.383 0.077 0.001 <0.001 0.012 0.793 0.764 0.002 0.115 0.001 0.102 0.361 0.011 <0.001 <0.001
Middle deltoid RMS (p-value) Weight effect 0.159 0.917 0.002 0.523
Height effect - - 0.028 0.241
Weight x Height - - 0.003 0.352 0.143 0.791 0.626 0.302 0.834 0.723 0.002 0.754 0.810 0.576 0.378 0.325 0.004 <0.001
Peak EMG activity (p-value) Weight effect 0.244 0.093 0.121 0.163
Height effect - - 0.539 0.037
Weight x Height - - 0.001 0.388 0.647 0.274 0.027 0.206 0.194 0.788 0.013 0.783 0.562 0.383 0.408 0.054 0.015 0.001

Legend: RMS: root-mean-squared; η2: partial eta squared (effect size); L1: lower shelf, weight 2.3 kg; L2: lower shelf, weight 6.8 kg; L3: lower shelf, weight 13.6 kg; L4: lower shelf, weight 22.7 kg; M1: medium shelf, weight 2.3 kg; M2: medium shelf, weight 6.8 kg; H1: higher shelf, weight 2.3 kg; H2: higher shelf, weight 6.8 kg.