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Table 2 Number of extracted muscle synergies with the amount of explained variance for each participant and end-effector

From: Fixed muscle synergies and their potential to improve the intuitive control of myoelectric assistive technology for upper extremities

Participant

Index Finger

5 cm rod

15 cm rod

25 cm rod

1

3 / 80.7%

3 / 83.7%

4 / 81.6%

4 / 85.9%

2

4 / 80.5%

4 / 77.7%

3 / 73.2%

3 / 85.8%

3

4 / 75.2%

4 / 70.5%

3 / 69.5%

3 / 81.3%

4

4 / 76.6%

5 / 79.5%

5 / 79.5%

4 / 79.1%

5

4 / 76.9%

5 / 80.9%

4 / 75.0%

4 / 82.0%

6

4 / 78.1%

4 / 81.7%

4 / 73.3%

4 / 86.5%

7

4 / 72.0%

4 / 68.8%

4 / 67.1%

3 / 73.9%

8

3 / 66.4%

4 / 72.6%

4 / 68.0%

4 / 74.4%

9

4 / 77.1%

4 / 76.1%

4 / 75.4%

4 / 84.7%

10

4 / 78.4%

4 / 75.5%

4 / 68.4%

4 / 73.5%

11

4 / 74.9%

4 / 76.1%

4 / 80.6%

4 / 84.8%

  1. No significant differences in number of muscle synergies across conditions (χ2 (3) = 4.20, p > 0.05)