Effects of two experimental variables, movement pattern and signal selection, on EMG-reaction time (RT) of the biceps brachii were investigated in 17 subjects. Analysis showed that (a) interaction of two variables was not significant in the analysis of variance, (b) RT-difference between the movement patterns was not affected by the signal selection, and (c) the degree of EMG-RT slowing due to the process of signal selection did not vary with movement patterns. The movement pattern was regarded as an output variable.
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