Table 7 Results of the post hoc within-subjects contrasts (day, day × sex) and between-subjects effects (sex) of the mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) for 50^th percentile or medium muscle activity with corresponding effect size r (Pearson’s correlation coefficient)

RMS₅₀

M. extensor digitorum

DIFF

0.04

(1, 54)

0.849

0.03

104.45

(1, 54)

0.000*

0.81‡

205.23

(1, 54)

0.000*

0.89‡

0.19

(1, 54)

0.667

0.06

0.65

(1, 54)

0.425

0.11

0.10

(1, 54)

0.756

0.04

0.18

(1, 54)

0.673

0.06

Mean

4.48

(1, 54)

0.039*

0.28

9.41

(1, 54)

0.003*

0.39†

3.56

(1, 54)

0.065

0.25

1.37

(1, 54)

0.248

0.16

0.08

(1, 54)

0.782

0.04

1.00

(1, 54)

0.323

0.13

1.06

(1,54)

0.307

0.14

M. flexor carpi radialis

DIFF

865.81

(1, 50)

0.000*

0.97‡

1710.12

(1, 50)

0.000*

0.99‡

739.93

(1, 50)

0.000*

0.97‡

0.48

(1, 50)

0.492

0.10

0.03

(1, 50)

0.862

0.02

1.40

(1, 50)

0.242

0.17

2.89

(1, 50)

0.095

0.23

Mean

0.02

(1, 50)

0.880

0.02

2.01

(1, 50)

0.163

0.20

2.66

(1, 50)

0.109

0.22

4.50

(1, 50)

0.039*

0.29

2.50

(1, 50)

0.120

0.22

0.00

(1, 50)

0.994

0.00

2.79

(1, 50)

0.101

0.23

M. biceps brachii

DIFF

1.36

(1, 53)

0.249

0.16

6.68

(1, 53)

0.013*

0.33†

2.37

(1, 53)

0.130

0.21

13.87

(1, 53)

0.000*

0.46†

0.35

(1, 53)

0.559

0.08

0.00

(1, 53)

0.962

0.01

0.33

(1, 53)

0.568

0.08

Mean

6.45

(1, 53)

0.014*

0.33†

3.27

(1, 53)

0.076

0.24

0.01

(1, 53)

0.920

0.01

0.00

(1, 53)

0.967

0.01

0.01

(1, 53)

0.910

0.02

0.15

(1, 53)

0.696

0.05

0.16

(1, 53)

0.687

0.06

M. triceps brachii

DIFF

353.58

(1, 53)

0.000*

0.93‡

2005.53

(1, 53)

0.000*

0.99‡

1182.43

(1, 53)

0.000*

0.98‡

5.76

(1, 53)

0.020*

0.31†

0.24

(1, 53)

0.642

0.07

2.92

(1, 53)

0.093

0.23

2.81

(1, 53)

0.099

0.22

Mean

4.81

(1, 53)

0.033*

0.29

7.79

(1, 53)

0.007*

0.36†

1.07

(1, 53)

0.306

0.14

6.87

(1, 53)

0.011*

0.34†

0.16

(1, 53)

0.695

0.05

0.59

(1, 53)

0.445

0.11

0.27

(1, 53)

0.605

0.07