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. 2021 Mar 8;11:5363. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84789-3

Table 2.

Mean percentage changes with respect to non-SAS values, and percentage of subjects showing at least 5% and 10% differences, for all the features showing statistically significant differences (p < 0.01) between non-SAS and SAS trials, at 15 cm and 30 cm.

Parameter p-value Startle factor ANOVA Differences: Higher ( >) or Lower ( >) in SAS trials Mean (SD) Percentage Change % Subjects showing differences > 5% % Subjects showing differences > 10%
15 cm 30 cm 15 cm 30 cm 15 cm 30 cm
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Response time (ms)  < 0.001  <  15 (7) 15 (8) 97 78 77 72
EMG—onset latencies (ms)
SCM  < 0.001  <  52 (14) 52 (16) 100 100 100 100
DEL  < 0.001  <  37 (19) 35 (20) 97 91 90 88
TRA  < 0.001  <  38 (20) 31 (48) 93 88 93 88
PECT  < 0.001  <  39 (16) 40 (19) 97 94 97 94
ABD  < 0.001  <  36 (31) 42 (26) 93 90 89 90
PC  < 0.001  <  44 (21) 36 (26) 93 94 93 91
PT  < 0.001  <  39 (20) 30 (24) 97 88 93 81
PL  < 0.001  <  30 (16) 25 (15) 90 91 90 84
EMG—CoG (ms)
SCM  < 0.001  <  15 (10) 12 (13) 90 78 67 59
DEL  < 0.001  <  16 (7) 15 (9) 93 84 87 75
TRA  < 0.001  <  14 (9) 13 (8) 87 91 63 75
PECT  < 0.001  <  18 (10) 18 (12) 87 91 80 81
ABD  < 0.001  <  17 (12) 14 (13) 79 84 79 74
PC  < 0.001  <  14 (10) 14 (6) 83 97 77 72
PT  < 0.001  <  13 (6) 14 (10) 87 88 73 72
PL  < 0.001  <  14 (8) 12 (10) 97 88 70 56
EMG—areas (μV s)
SCM  < 0.001  >  20 (23) 18 (24) 67 75 63 59
PECT 0.005  >  15 (21) 8 (22) 57 56 40 41
PC 0.001  >  20 (26) 12 (15) 70 63 57 47
EMG—peak amplitudes (μV)
SCM  < 0.001  >  34 (32) 26 (42) 90 69 83 63
DEL  < 0.001  >  19 (21) 7 (15) 77 44 63 28
TRA  < 0.001  >  25 (27) 15 (15) 83 78 73 56
PECT  < 0.001  >  44 (42) 27 (45) 90 75 90 59
PT  < 0.001  >  18 (23) 14 (22) 77 66 63 59
Accelerometry
PeakAccX (m/s2)  < 0.001  >  58 (74) 37 (48) 86 74 83 74
PeakAccY (m/s2)  < 0.001  >  95 (79) 83 (65) 93 97 93 97
PeakAccZ (m/s2)  < 0.001  >  89 (64) 73 (63) 97 94 97 81
fQ3 (Hz) 0.01  >  31 (63) 15 (26) 59 48 45 39
fmax (Hz)  < 0.001  >  47 (40) 41 (71) 90 71 90 65
RATIOHL (%)  < 0.001  >  55 (67) 46 (72) 83 71 79 68