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Table 1 Bilateral force control findings between young and older adults

From: Age-related deficits in bilateral motor synergies and force coordination

Mean Force (N)

Old

Young

Significance

Vision

12.6 (1.2)#

11.5 (1.6)

Group × Vision

No Vision

13.2 (1.4)#

11.3 (1.5)

Interaction

Asymmetry of SD bt Hands (%)

Old

Young

Significance

Vision

121.3 (8.8)

96.7 (6.7)

Group Main Effect

No Vision

115.2 (7.2)

93.7 (6.7)

 

Z-transformed RHO

Old

Young

Significance

Vision

0.18 (0.02)

0.11 (0.02)

Group Main Effect

No Vision

0.24 (0.03)

0.19 (0.02)

Vision Main Effect

Z-transformed VIndex

Old

Young

Significance

Vision

1.38 (0.19)#*

2.10 (0.17)#*

Group × Vision

No Vision

0.75 (0.18)#

0.67 (0.21)#

Interaction

  1. Note. Date are mean ± standard error. Asterisk (*) indicates significant difference between two groups (P < 0.05). Number sign (#) indicates significant difference between vision conditions (P < 0.05). Abbreviations. bt: between; SD: standard deviation; RHO: correlation coefficient; VIndex: the index of bilateral motor synergies