From: Impact of antagonistic muscle co-contraction on in vivo knee contact forces
 | Fraction of time with activation match | ||
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Muscle group | Activity | mean ± SD | range across patients |
Vasti | Level walk | 83 ± 06% | 76–91% |
Stair ascent | 82 ± 03% | 79–86% | |
Stair descent | 66 ± 09% | 57–83% | |
Gastrocnemii | Level walk | 69 ± 08% | 60–79% |
Stair ascent | 89 ± 06% | 78–95% | |
Stair descent | 80 ± 06% | 72–90% | |
Hamstrings | Level walk | 79 ± 09% | 67–89% |
Stair ascent | 62 ± 08% | 52–71% | |
Stair descent | 69 ± 17% | 54–92% |