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Mean maximum and mid pelvic floor activity for “kyBoot” and “barefoot” for all tasks_ The last column lists p-values of comparison_ Bold indicates a significant difference between “kyBoot” and “barefoot” based on a significance level of p<0_05_
| Mean pelvic floor activity (in % MVC) | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kyBoot | Barefoot | |||
| Walking | Maximal activity | 90.0 | 112.2 | 0.02 |
| Stance active | Maximal activity | 76.0 | 64.3 | 0.59 |
| Mid activity | 57.2 | 52.6 | 0.84 | |
| Stance passive | Maximal activity | 16.0 | 17.7 | 0.72 |
| Mid activity | 14.3 | 15.6 | 0.79 | |
Pearson correlation coefficient between pelvic floor activity and kinematic/skeletal muscles variables for “kyBoot” and “barefoot_”
| Pelvic floor activity versus | Pearson correlation coefficient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking | Stance active | Stance passive | ||||
| kyBoot | Barefoot | kyBoot | Barefoot | kyBoot | Barefoot | |
| Ankle angle | −0.06 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| Knee angle | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.48 | −0.10 | 0.15 | 0.33 |
| Hip angle | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.38 |
| Pelvis angle | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| ObliExt | 0.02 | −0.09 | 0.25 | −0.18 | 0.14 | −0.01 |
| RectAbd | 0.00 | −0.03 | 0.09 | −0.35 | −0.10 | −0.17 |
| ErecSpi | −0.11 | −0.09 | −0.12 | −0.40 | −0.08 | 0.06 |
| MultLum | −0.07 | −0.09 | −0.04 | −0.41 | −0.26 | −0.10 |
| GlutMax | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.17 | −0.35 | −0.27 | −0.27 |