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. 2021 Jul 11;21(14):4740. doi: 10.3390/s21144740

Table 2.

Differences in muscle perception performance between the dominant and nondominant ankles of healthy participants (n = 22).

Dominant
Ankle
Nondominant Ankle Mean
Difference
95% CI Statistical Value p Value
TA
DE −0.57 ± 1.84 −0.14 ± 2.03 −0.43 ± 3.10 −1.805 to 0.944 t(21) = −0.651 0.522
AE 1.56 ± 1.09 1.67 ± 1.11 −0.12 ± 1.33 −0.702 to 0.472 t(21) = −0.408 0.688
VE 1.54 ± 1.03 2.37 ± 2.21 −0.82 ± 2.17 −1.785 to 0.137 t(21) = −1.782 0.089
EDL
DE −0.73 ± 1.87 −0.38 ± 1.84 −0.36 ± 2.33 −1.388 to 0.676 t(21) = −0.716 0.482
AE 1.66 ± 1.08 1.53 ± 1.04 0.13 ± 1.60 −0.579 to 0.838 t(21) = 0.381 0.707
VE 0.89 ± 0.70 1.92 ± 1.54 −1.03 ± 1.46 −1.675 to −0.379 t(21) = −3.297 0.003 *
PL
DE −0.87 ± 2.59 −2.01 ± 2.43 1.14 ± 3.25 −0.303 to 2.581 t(21) = 1.642 0.115
AE 2.04 ± 1.77 2.43 ± 1.98 −0.39 ± 2.40 −1.458 to 0.674 t(21) = −0.765 0.453
VE 1.06 ± 1.09 2.32 ± 2.03 −1.26 ± 2.19 −2.231 to −0.288 t(21) = −2.697 0.014 *
FDL
DE −0.99 ± 2.12 −1.70 ± 2.21 0.71 ± 2.26 −0.292 to 1.711 t(21) = 1.473 0.156
AE 1.75 ± 1.52 1.97 ± 1.97 −0.22 ± 2.25 −1.218 to 0.777 t(21) = −0.459 0.651
VE 0.89 ± 1.26 2.02 ± 1.32 −1.12 ± 2.04 −2.029 to −0.219 t(21) = −2.583 0.017 *

TA, tibialis anterior; EDL, extensor digitorum longus; PL, peroneus longus; FDL, flexor digitorum longus; CI, confidence interval; DE, direction error; AE, absolute error; VE, variable error. * p < 0.05.