| Controls (a) | COPDNoMW (b) | COPDMW (c) | ANOVA p-value | p-value a vs b | p-value a vs c | p-value b vs c |
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Muscle and spinal parameters | |||||||
 Mmax amplitude, mV | 3.94 (0.38) | 2.96 (0.3) | 3.58 (0.55) | 0.36 | – | – | – |
 Mmax lat, ms | 5.7 (0.27) | 6.21 (0.26) | 6.11 (0.27) | 0.38 | – | – | – |
 Hmax/Mmax | 0.188 (0.027) | 0.25 (0.041) | 0.265 (0.02) | 0.25 | – | – | – |
 Hmax lat, ms | 16.63 (0.54) | 18.86 (0.62) | 19.17 (0.51) | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | 0.77 |
Corticospinal parameters | |||||||
 MEP/Mmax | 0.374 (0.021) | 0.464 (0.056) | 0.235 (0.019) | < 0.01 | 0.22 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 |
 CMCT, ms | 20.3 (0.56) | 19.3 (0.45) | 20.8 (0.55) | 0.33 | – | – | – |
 SP, ms | 75.6 (7.2) | 108.3 (4.55) | 98.3 (3.79) | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.05 | 0.31 |