Neuromuscular shoulder activity during exercises with different combinations of stable and unstable weight mass

Table 5 Comparison of the muscular activity of all six muscles during the diagonal shoulder F/E in the four conditions (pipes). Displayed are the p-values with a statistical difference of p < 0.008

Muscle	P vs PG	P vs PW	P vs PWG	PG vs PW	PG vs PWG	PW vs PWG	r
U.TA	0.003*	0.794	0.003*	0.020	0.666	0.002*	0.950
DE	0.011*	0.745	0.017	0.027	0.740	0.066	0.879
L.TA	0.001*	0.120	0.004*	0.012	0.228	0.067	0.934
LD	< 0.001*	0.529	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	0.302	< 0.001*	0.769
SA	< 0.001*	0.130	0.001*	0.113	0.905	0.160	0.864
PE	0.033	0.326	0.001*	0.006*	0.845	0.234	0.747

P: empty pipe (0.5 kg); PG: weight (stable mass; 4.5 kg); PW: water (unstable mass; 1 kg); PWG: water + weight (unstable mass; 4.5 kg); U/L. TA: upper/lower trapezius; DE deltoid, LD latissimus dorsi, SA serratus anterior, PE pectoralis major; r: mean correlation coefficient; *: significant differences α level Bonferroni adjusted

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