Tibialis Anterior muscle coherence during controlled voluntary activation in patients with spinal cord injury: diagnostic potential for muscle strength, gait and spasticity

Table 4 Correlational analysis between intramuscular TA coherence calculated during isometric activation at 100% of MVT with spasticity measures in subjects with SCI in Cohort II

Frequency ranges	Ashw	PRT 30°/s	PRT 120°/s	Penn	SCATS	Clonus
10-16 Hz	0.22 p = 0.45	− 0.58 p = 0.04	−0.59 p = 0.03	0.03 p = 0.90	−0.05 p = 0.80	0.58 p = 0.04
15-30 Hz	−0.30 p = 0.09	−0.41 p = 0.17	−0.39 p = 0.19	−0.53 p = 0.06	−0.18 p = 0.54	0.25 p = 0.41
24-40 Hz	−0.58 p = 0.02	−0.15 p = 0.61	−0.17 p = 0.57	−0.18 p = 0.55	−0.33 p = 0.27	−0.41 p = 0.16
40-60 Hz	−0.60 p = 0.02	−0.26 p = 0.38	−0.23 p = 0.45	0.16 p = 0.60	−0.56 p = 0.05	−0.04 p = 0.88

MVT (Nm): maximal voluntary torque. Ashw: Ashworth scale during knee flexion. PRT: passive resistive torque to dorsiflexion. SCATS: total flexor and extensor spasm. n = 21. p ≤ 0.05 in bold and p ≤ 0.06 in italics.

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