Table 1.
Maximum Voluntary Isometric Activation | Muscle Activation During Exercises (2nd vs. 5th Rep) | |||||||
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Concentric Phase | Eccentric Phase | |||||||
Muscle | Trial Min ( ± SD) | Trial Max ( ± SD) | ICC | SEM% | ICC (Min–Max) | SEM% (Min–Max) | ICC (Min–Max) | SEM% (Min–Max) |
Anterior deltoid | 0.885 ± 0.148 | 0.891± 0.103 | 0.927 | 3.8 | 0.803–0.856 | 5.4–6.3 | 0.829–0.849 | 5.5–5.8 |
Medial deltoid | 0.760 ± 0.116 | 0.782 ± 0.134 | 0.893 | 5.3 | 0.795–0.836 | 6.6–7.3 | 0.811–0.868 | 5.9–7.0 |
Posterior deltoid | 0.616 ± 0.121 | 0.637 ± 0.109 | 0.931 | 4.8 | 0.826–0.901 | 5.8–7.7 | 0.832–0.892 | 6.0–7.5 |
Pectoralis major | 0.801 ± 0.112 | 0.820 ± 0.115 | 0.878 | 4.9 | 0.811–0.843 | 5.5–6.1 | 0.798–0.857 | 5.3–6.4 |
Upper trapezius | 0.617 ± 0.104 | 0.626 ± 0.09 | 0.921 | 2.7 | 0.839–0.904 | 4.9–6.3 | 0.832–0.890 | 5.2–6.5 |
Triceps brachii | 0.493 ± 0.118 | 0.529 ± 0.112 | 0.913 | 6.6 | 0.849–0.893 | 7.4–8.7 | 0.856–0.903 | 7.0–8.5 |
ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; SEM%, standard error of measurement as percentage; , mean; SD, standard deviation.