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Table 4 Muscle synergies detected and merged among walking conditions

From: Unilateral symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy has limited effects on bilateral lower limb ground reaction force asymmetries and muscular synergy attributes when walking at natural and fast speeds

 

Natural (1.3 m/s)

Fast (1.6 m/s)

 

Symptomatic

Asymptomatic

Symptomatic

Asymptomatic

 

Synergy

Synergy

Synergy

Synergy

Participant

C1

C2

C3

C4

C1

C2

C3

C4

C1

C2

C3

C4

C1

C2

C3

C4

1

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

2

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

3

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

5

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

6

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

7

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

8

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

9

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

10

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

11

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

12

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

13

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

14

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

15

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

✓

16

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

17

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

18

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

19

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

20

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

21

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

22

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

∼C4

✓

23

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

24

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

25

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

26

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C3

✓

✓

✓

✓

27

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

✓

✓

28

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

∼C1

✓

✓

✓

∼C4

✓

Synergies merged

(nb)

2

0

5

0

6

0

2

3

4

0

7

2

7

0

7

3

(%)

7%

0%

18%

0%

21%

0%

7%

11%

14%

0%

25%

7%

25%

0%

25%

11%

Total

(nb)

(%)

7/112

6.3%

11/112

9.8%

13/112

11.6%

17/112

15.2%

  1. ✓ = main synergy detected, ∼ CX = synergy merged with synergy number X