The effect of muscle weakness on the capability gap during gross motor function: a simulation study supporting design criteria for exoskeletons of the lower limb

Table 1 Correlation between measured muscle activity and simulated muscle activation

	Gait	Stair ascent	Stair descent	Sit-to-stand	Stand-to-sit
Rectus femoris	−0.09	0.44**	0.40**	−0.35	−0.35
Vastus lateralis	0.28**	0.83**	0.30**	0.89**	0.89**
Biceps femoris medialis	0.82**	0.49**	0.36**	0.93**	0.46**
Tibialis anterior	0.83**	0.66**	0.09	0.61**	0.35**
Soleus	0.66**	0.63**	0.22*	0.97**	0.73**
Gastrocnemius	0.76**	0.87**	0.25**	0.19*	0.15

*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01.
This table presents the spearman correlation coefficients for the correlation between the time series of the measured muscle activity and simulated muscle activation.

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