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Table 4 Percent of workers whose muscle frequency exceeds the norm (> 16 Hz) after the work week cycle, Pearson's correlation (r), and Cohen's Kappa (k)

From: Assessment of skeletal muscle fatigue of road maintenance workers based on heart rate monitoring and myotonometry

Muscle groups

Road workers (n = 10)

Pavers (n = 10)

 

%

r

k

%

r

k

m. extensor digitorum

60

0.78

0.34

28

0.68

0.59

m. flexor carpi radialis

60

0.78

0.21

30

0.70

0.35

m. gastrocnemius

25

0.82

0.50

80

0.80

0.54

m. tibialis anterior

50

0.85

0.35

90

0.75

0.50

m. trapezius

25

0.88

0.20

85

0.78

0.33