Table 4 Average EMG RMS (standard deviation) for the pre-intervention voluntary gait and the post-intervention automatic gait, during two separate gait phases, and the statistics of their differences for each muscle considered

Tibialis anterior

0.0538 (0.0207)

0.0205 (0.0106)

t(20)=-7.355

p < 0.001 *

0.0646 (0.0310)

0.0353 (0.0152)

t(20)=-4.859

p < 0.001 *

Soleus

0.0764 (0.0470)

0.0350 (0.0159)

t(20)=-4.313

p < 0.001 *

0.0374 (0.0272)

0.0449 (0.0240)

t(20) = 1.088

p = 0.29

Rectus femoris

0.0121 (0.0067)

0.0068 (0.0032)

t(20)=-3.822

p = 0.001

0.0103 (0.0052)

0.0094 (0.0055)

t(20)=-0.424

p = 0.68

Biceps femoris

0.0135 (0.0081)

0.0148 (0.0110)

t(20) = 0.496

p = 0.63

0.0161 (0.0083)

0.0142 (0.0091)

t(20)=-1.157

p = 0.26

Rectus abdominis

0.0085 (0.0037)

0.0079 (0.0034)

t(20)=-1.846

p = 0.80

0.0092 (0.0044)

0.0085 (0.0047)

t(20)=-1.126

p = 0.22

Paraspinal

0.0088 (0.0046)

0.0140 (0.0215)

t(20) = 1.337

p = 0.20

0.0119 (0.0067)

0.0153 (0.0307)

t(20) = 0.541

p = 0.59

Trapezius

0.0158 (0.0088)

0.0182 (0.0218)

t(20) = 0.612

p = 0.55

0.0197 (0.0139)

0.0198 (0.0211)

t(20) = 0.044

p = 0.97

Deltoid

0.0053 (0.0031)

0.0045 (0.0019)

t(20)=-1.106

p = 0.28

0.0054 (0.0030)

0.0044 (0.0025)

t(20)=-1.788

p = 0.09