Table 3.
sEMG measurements before and after the KT application in the intervention group.
| sEMG Activity | Before | After | p-Value * | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Min. | Max. | SD | Mean | Median | Min. | Max. | SD | ||
| Right side above umbilicus | |||||||||||
| Resting | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.76 |
| Functional | 15.5 | 13.4 | 1.2 | 39 | 13 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 2.1 | 41.4 | 12.8 | 0.65 |
| During isometric contraction | 21.0 | 19.6 | 3.5 | 54.7 | 16.4 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 41.2 | 12.4 | 0.42 |
| Right side below umbilicus | |||||||||||
| Resting | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.26 |
| Functional | 5.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 25.5 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 20.1 | 5.5 | 0.55 |
| During isometric contraction | 7.2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 23.8 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 31.2 | 7.4 | 0.39 |
| Left side above umbilicus | |||||||||||
| Resting | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.17 |
| Functional | 21.6 | 21.6 | 1.1 | 58.5 | 16.8 | 21.8 | 24.2 | 7.5 | 41.7 | 10.0 | 0.70 |
| During isometric contraction | 21.4 | 20.5 | 0.8 | 49.4 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 6.6 | 34.2 | 8.9 | 0.97 |
| Left side below umbilicus | |||||||||||
| Resting | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.96 |
| Functional | 6.6 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 18.6 | 4.8 | 0.55 |
| During isometric contraction | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 17.7 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 18.4 | 4.8 | 0.34 |
n—number of participants; Me—median; Min—minimum value; Max—maximum value; SD—standard deviation * Wilcoxon test.