TABLE 2.

Post-test percentage values of included parameters in relationship to the pre-test 100%.

Parameter	Intervened leg		Control leg
	Female	Male	Female	Male
MVC180 (in %)	8.7 ± 8.76 a , b p < .001 c	15.5 ± 10.53 a , b p < .001 c	−1.0 ± 8.86 p = .574	4.5 ± 7.01 p = .002 c
MVC90 (in %)	6.2 ± 10.76 p = .006 c	8.3 ± 10.6 p < .001 c	6.7 ± 20.29 p = .098	2.9 ± 7.95 p = .062
KtW (in %)	6.0 ± 9.20 a , b p = .002 c	15.5 ± 6.33 a , b p < .001 c	−2.75 ± 8.30 p = .097	−0.73 ± 7.10 p = .587
ORTH (in %)	13.3 ± 11.00 a , b p < .001 c	21.4 ± 13.02 a , b p < .001 c	−1.5 ± 8.30 p = .355	−0.46 ± 7.40 p = .745
MThL (in %)	5.2 ± 8.87 p = .005 c	4.5 ± 11.38 p = .044	2.5 ± 12.35 p = .309	0.5 ± 13.11 p = .841
MThM (in%)	4.2 ± 9.10 b p = .023 c	14.5 ± 11.76 a , b p < .001 c	−0.01 ± 11.61 p = .976	5.3 ± 14.55 p = .06

MVC180 = maximal voluntary contraction in the plantar flexors with extended knee joint, MVC90 = maximal voluntary contraction in the plantar flexors with bent knee joint, KtW = ROM, in the dorsiflexion using the knee to wall stretch, ORTH = ROM, in the dorsiflexion using the goniometer of the orthosis, MThL = muscle thickness in the lateral head of the gastrocnemius, MThM = muscle thickness in the medial head of the gastrocnemius.

^a significant difference compared to the control leg

^b significant difference compared to the other sex

^c significant percentage increase from pre-to post test.