The neuromuscular responses in patients with Parkinson’s disease under different conditions during whole-body vibration training

Table 2 EMG amplitude at 50% of training time (EMG₅₀) in the WBV training under different conditions

		Rectus femoris (% MVC)		Hamstring (% MVC)		Tibialis anterior (% MVC)		Gastrocnemius (% MVC)
		mean ± SD	p-value	mean ± SD	p-value	mean ± SD	p-value	mean ± SD	p-value
Group	Control	10.59 ± 16.06	0.137	4.11 ± 2.98	0.040*	4.07 ± 2.95	0.001*	21.03 ± 18.46	0.004*
Group	Parkinson	13.41 ± 18.53	0.137	8.70 ± 10.29	0.040*	5.67 ± 5.47	0.001*	31.71 ± 28.86	0.004*
Knee position	Straight	9.51 ± 15.94	0.001*	7.02 ± 8.45	0.042*	4.62 ± 5.30	0.084	27.75 ± 24.94	0.058
Knee position	Bended	14.49 ± 18.40	0.001*	5.78 ± 7.29	0.042*	5.12 ± 3.43	0.084	25.00 ± 24.61	0.058
Vibration frequency	0 Hz	6.33 ± 5.08	< 0.001*	5.80 ± 7.32	0.813	3.44 ± 1.78	0.023*	15.23 ± 10.28	< 0.001*
	3 Hz	20.29 ± 26.09		6.44 ± 5.71		4.72 ± 3.35		21.26 ± 14.68
	20 Hz	9.38 ± 9.83		6.97 ± 10.11		6.44 ± 6.42		42.62 ± 33.39

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