Table 1.

The hamstring EMG activity and the BFlh/ST ratio in five phases (0–10°, 10–20°, 20–30°, 30–40° and 40–50°) during NHE variations.

		NH	N20	N40	Intra-condition difference
BFlh (%MVIC)	0-10°	34.5 (21.0) †‡§||	44.4 (21.0) †‡§||	70.7 (33.7) †||	N-20; N-40; 20-40
	10-20°	45.5 (24.2) *‡§||	71.8 (28.6) *‡	88.0 (27.7) *§||	N-20; N-40
	20-30°	58.5 (32.1) *†§||	89.4 (36.0) *†	79.5 (21.4) §||	N-20
	30-40°	79.6 (49.8) *†‡	90.1 (27.3) *	52.9 (20.3) †‡||	20-40
	40-50°	96.3 (52.9) *†‡	82.2 (20.1) *	25.9 (13.6) *†‡§	N-40; 20-40
ST (%MVIC)	0-10°	21.6 (14.3) †‡§||	33.9 (17.0) †‡§||	47.9 (26.9) †	N-20; N-40
	10-20°	28.5 (17.1) *‡§||	58.7 (31.1) *‡§	68.3 (29.3) *§||	N-20; N-40
	20-30°	38.0 (20.7) *†§||	77.2 (41.7) *†	69.3 (29.0) §||	N-20; N-40
	30-40°	57.9 (31.2) *†‡	82.2 (33.5) *†	49.8 (25.5) †‡||	N-20; 20-40
	40-50°	79.1 (41.7) *†‡	75.8 (25.4) *	27.2 (16.1) †‡§	N-40; 20-40
BFlh/ST ratio	0-10°	1.6 (0.9)	1.3 (0.7)	1.3 (0.5) †‡§||
	10-20°	1.4 (0.5)	1.2 (0.6)	1.1 (0.3) §||	N-40
	20-30°	1.3 (0.4)	1.0 (0.3)	1.0 (0.3)	N-40
	30-40°	1.2 (0.4)	0.9 (0.2)	0.9 (0.4)	N-20
	40-50°	1.0 (0.3)	0.9 (0.2)	0.8 (0.4)

The symbols (*0-10°, †10-20°, ‡20-30°, §30-40° and ||40-50°) and abbreviations (N, NH; 20, N20; 40, N40) indicate significant difference (p < 0.05).