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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2019 Oct 31;98:109436. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109436

Table 2.

Starting sarcomere lengths (μm) of the individual components of the pelvic floor muscle complex and the limb muscles, obturator internus and vastus lateralis, determined by laser diffraction.

Groups Coccygeus Iliococcygeus Pubovisceralis Obturator Internus Vastus Lateralis
Younger (n = 5) 2.81 ± 0.18 2.79 ± 0.08 2.74 ± 0.13 2.70 ± 0.11 2.71 ± 0.1
Older (n = 10) 2.57 ± 0.05 2.49 ± 0.06 2.52 ± 0.05 2.58 ± 0.04 2.52 ± 0.05
P value* 0.18 0.06 0.27 0.87 0.57
*

P values were derived from two-way analysis of variance, followed by pairwise comparisons with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test, with the significance level set to 5%. All data presented in mean ± standard error of the mean.