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Table 2 comparing related studies

From: Effects of age and leg length upon central loop of the Gastrocnemius-soleus H-reflex latency

 

Subjects' characteristics

Tc

 

Group size (persons)

Mean age (yr)

Mean L (cm)

Mean H(cm)

Mean

SD

Correlation (r) with A-H-L

Present study

40

37.0

36.4 M:38.1 F:33.2

?

6.78

0.3

No-?-0.49

Pease et al [2]

20

?

?

?

7.0

0.3

?-?-?

Zhu et al [3]

60

43

?

169

6.8

0.33

No-0.54-?

Wang et al [5]*

40

?

?

?

?

?

?-?-?

Ghavanini et al [6]**

39

41

M:39.8 F:37.0

M:172.2 F:159.5

6.9

0.4

No-0.56–0.62

  1. A: age (yr); L: leg length (cm); H: height (cm); Tc: central loop of the H-reflex latency (ms); M: male; F: female; No: no correlation was found; ?: not reported
  2. *: suggested a regression equation: Tc = 0.02A+0.03H+0.92
  3. **: Suggested two regression equations: Tc = 0.051L+4.928; Tc = 0.097Tp+4.04
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