Figure 5.

RMS of normalized muscle activation values averaged for women (pink curves) and men (blue curves) for each session: PRE, D2 and D4 in bold, light and very light respectively; and each part (global, middle, first and last part) of the push-off. Muscle abbreviations: RF, rectus femoris; VM, vastus medialis; VL, vastus lateralis; MH, medial hamstrings; TA, tibialis anterior; GM, gastrocnemius medialis; GL, gastrocnemius lateralis; SO, soleus. “$” and “∗” represent significant differences at D2 and D4 as compared to PRE, respectively. “¤” indicates a significant sex difference. The number of symbols indicates the statistical level: one for P < 0.05, two for p < 0.01 and three for p < 0.001 in pink for women and in blue for men.