Table 3. Quadriceps electromyographic (EMG %) activity with either an expectation or no expectation of an interpolated twitch (IT).
 

MVC with no expectation of
an IT (average of the 4 MVCs used for normalization)

MVC with
expectation of an IT

Mean Difference
within groups

Male Experienced (ME)

100%

90.1% ± 6.6

8.9% ↓ Non-significant

Male Inexperienced (MI)

100%

79.1% ± 7.2

20.9%  ↓ p < 0.0001

Mean Difference between groups

  

12.2% Non-significant