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Previous studies have highlighted the role of muscle synergies in coordinating motor tasks and their alterations following SCI. However, the adaptation in muscle synergy patterns at the motor unit (MU) level after SCI remains unexplored. This study aimed to investigate MU synergies and clustering in the synergetic soleus and gastrocnemius medialis (GM) muscles and to explore how these patterns are altered in persons with SCI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>High-density electromyography (HD-EMG) was used to record MU activity in the soleus and GM muscles of fifteen participants with incomplete SCI and ten non-disabled participants during 20% and 50% maximal voluntary isometric contraction tasks. The HD-EMG signals were decomposed into individual MU spike trains. Inter-muscle coherence analysis was employed to evaluate the shared neural drive between the soleus and GM muscles, and factor analysis was performed to identify synergistic clusters of MUs innervating each muscle.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results showed that both participant groups demonstrated high coherence between the soleus and GM muscles, highlighting a shared neural drive for coordinated function. However, participants with SCI showed altered coherence in the delta frequency band, with significantly higher coherence observed at 50% maximal voluntary contraction (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.047). Additionally, factor analysis revealed that participants with SCI had a reduced proportion of MUs in the shared cluster within the GM muscle at 20% maximal voluntary contraction (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggested that SCI may disrupt MU synergies and clustering, potentially impairing motor coordination. 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