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Table 3 Root mean square (RMS)(%) of the electromyography signal

From: The effect of cane length and step height on muscle strength and body balance of elderly people in a stairway environment

 

Arm (RMS)

First foot (RMS)

Second foot (RMS)

Step height (cm)

   

0

0.57* ± 0.34

0.53* ± 0.70

0.63 ± 0.80

18

0.89 ± 0.83

0.48 ± 0.51

0.45 ± 0.58

27

1.01* ± 0.89

0.70* ± 0.88

0.41 ± 0.34

33

1.17* ± 1.18

0.89* ± 0.89

0.46 ± 0.57

Cane length

   

Cane 1

0.92 ± 0.95

0.70 ± 0.87

0.47 ± 0.44

Cane 2

0.75 ± 0.68

0.71 ± 0.93

0.49 ± 0.67

Cane 3

1.02 ± 0.94

0.52 ± 0.55

0.51 ± 0.72

No cane

–

0.64 ± 0.69

0.50 ± 0.57

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Journal of Physiological Anthropology

ISSN: 1880-6805

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