Evidence for Startle Effects due to Externally Induced Lower Limb Movements: Implications in Neurorehabilitation

Figure 2

Amount of trials per trial type at 240°/s containing startle signs. For each of the eleven subjects the percentage of trials per trial type at 240°/s containing startle signs in orbicularis oculi or sternocleidomastoid muscles was calculated relative to the total number of respective trials (e.g., number of 240StartReact trials divided by [number of 240StartReact trials plus number of 240React trials] times 100). For descriptive purposes means + standard deviation of these percentages are shown. Note the highest “yield” of startle responses in conditions 240ContraStartReact and 240StartReact, with lower mean percentages in conditions 240PrepStartReact, 240StartControl, and 240StartKnown.