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Table 3 Correlation coefficients (Spearman) between coactivation levels of knee and ankle extensors and clinical measures in stroke participants

From: Abnormal coactivation of knee and ankle extensors is related to changes in heteronymous spinal pathways after stroke

Clinical tests

Levels of coactivation

 

Knee extension task

Plantarflexion task

 

Sol

GL

VL

RF

 

at VLmax

at RFmax

at VLmax

at RFmax

at Solmax

at GLmax

at Solmax

at GLmax

LEMOCOT

-0.15

-0.20

-0.76**

-0.75**

-0.58*

-0.55*

-0.72**

-0.55*

CMSA Foot

-0.33

-0.19

-0.75**

-0.73**

-0.42

-0.38

-0.66*

-0.69**

CSI

0.54

0.52

0.75**

0.68*

0.45

0.43

0.73**

0.87**

Gait speed

-0.47

-0.56*

-0.64*

-0.70**

-0.21

-0.20

-0.40

-0.43

  1. Sol : Soleus; GL: Gastrocnemius Lateralis; VL: Vastus Lateralis; RF: Rectus Femoris; LEMOCOT: Lower Extremity Motor Coordination Test; CMSA: Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment at the foot; CSI: Composite Spasticity Index; Gait Speed : Comfortable walking speed; Significant correlations are in bold characters; *p ≤ 0.05;** p ≤ 0.01