Table 1.
Peak EMGs were reduced across all lower limb muscles during maximal cycling with fatigued quadriceps muscle.
| Left side | Right side | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No fatigue | Fatigued quadriceps | Muscle effect | Condition effect | Muscle × condition | No fatigue | Fatigued quadriceps | Side effect | Condition effect | Side × condition | |
| VAS | 90 ± 7 | 78 ± 10 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.01 | P = 0.28 | 89 ± 7 | 76 ± 9 | P = 0.3 | P < 0.001 | P = 0.68 |
| RF | 93 ± 3 | 83 ± 13 | 92 ± 8 | 77 ± 19 | P = 0.28 | P < 0.05 | P = 0.06 | |||
| HAM | 83 ± 9 | 67 ± 12 | 84 ± 11 | 72 ± 15 | P =0.16 | P < 0.01 | P = 0.41 | |||
| GMAX | 87 ± 6 | 76 ± 16 | ||||||||
| GAS | 85 ± 9 | 83 ± 16 | ||||||||
| SOL | 93 ± 7 | 84 ± 11 | ||||||||
| TA | 87 ± 8 | 72 ± 13 | ||||||||
Results are reported as mean ± SD. Significant effects values were highlighted in bold.