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Table 5 Relationships between percent change in maximum walking speed and percent change in muscle thickness

From: Association between walking ability and trunk and lower-limb muscle atrophy in institutionalized elderly women: a longitudinal pilot study

 

Correlation coefficients

p value

Rectus abdominis

0.041

0.859

External oblique

0.409

0.065

Internal oblique

0.415

0.061

Transversus abdominis

0.337

0.135

Erector spinae

0.412

0.064

Lumbar multifidus

0.094

0.685

Psoas major

0.195

0.410

Gluteus maximus

0.098

0.709

Gluteus medius

−0.025

0.924

Gluteus minimus

0.128

0.625

Rectus femoris

0.399

0.073

Vastus lateralis

0.518

0.016*

Vastus intermedius

0.360

0.109

Biceps femoris

0.203

0.390

Gastrocnemius

0.086

0.719

Soleus

0.247

0.293

Tibialis anterior

0.008

0.974

  1. *Significant correlation at p < 0.05