Rate of force development (RFD) during explosive unilateral (UL, black bars) and bilateral contractions (BL_BL, white bars, averaged simultaneous performance of both limbs; BL_UL, grey bars, single leg performance during BL contraction

<p>Data are reported as mean (SD) (N = 12). A significant difference between conditions is denoted by *P&lt;0.05 vs. UL, **P&lt;0.01 vs. UL.</p

Force during explosive voluntary contractions during unilateral (UL) and bilateral contractions (BL_BL, averaged simultaneous performance of both limbs; BL_UL, single leg performance during BL contractions).

<p>N, Newton; **denotes significant difference compared to UL (P&lt;0.01).</p><p>Data are reported as mean ± SD (N = 12).</p

Agonist EMG normalised to <i>M</i>_max (A) and Antagonist EMG normalised to EMG_max during unilateral (UL, black bars) and bilateral contractions (BL_BL, white bars, averaged simultaneous performance of both limbs; BL<sub>UL<

<p>Data are reported as mean (SD) (N = 12).</p

Force parameters during evoked twitch and octet contractions during unilateral (UL) and contractions (BL_BL, white bars, averaged simultaneous performance of both limbs; BL_UL, grey bars, single leg performance during BL contractions).

<p>UL, unilateral; BL, bilateral; F, force; N, newton; PF, peak force; pRFD, peak rate of force development; F₅₀, force at 50 ms after force onset. P-value, One-way analysis of variance significance value.</p><p>Data are reported as mean ± SD (Octet, N = 9; Twitch, N = 10).</p

Force and EMG during maximum voluntary contractions performed unilaterally (UL) and bilaterally (BL_BL, averaged simultaneous performance of both limbs; BL_UL, single leg performance during BL contractions).

<p>MVF, Maximum voluntary force; N, Newton; <i>M</i>_max, peak to peak amplitude of maximum compound action potential; EMG_max, maximum RMS EMG obtained during knee flexor maximum voluntary contraction.</p><p>Data are reported as mean ± SD (N = 12).</p