Muscle performance and exercise capacity in control and treated patients
| Control | Transcutaneous muscle stimulation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| Values are mean (SE) with 95% CI in parentheses. | ||||
| SWT=shuttle walking test; Vo2=peak oxygen uptake. | ||||
| *p=0.004 v baseline; †p=0.02 v baseline; ‡p<0.05 v baseline value of the control group. | ||||
| Leg extension (N.m) | 49.7 (5.5) (37.0 to 62.3) | 53.6 (6.2) (39.1 to 67.9) | 44.7 (6.5) (29.7 to 59.7) | 55.2 (6.6)* (40.0 to 70.4) |
| Leg flexion (N.m) | 38.1 (3.7) (29.5 to 6.7) | 38.9 (3.9) (39.7 to 48.0) | 34.2 (4.2) (24.4 to 44.0) | 43.6 (5.3)† (31.2 to 55.9) |
| SWT (m) | 247.8 (13.5) (216.6 to 278.9) | 247.8 (14.1) (215.2 to 280.3) | 185.6 (21.8)‡ (136.5 to 234.6) | 254.4 (30.4) (184.2 to 324.7) |
| Peak vo2 (ml/min) | 954 (73) (786 to 1123) | 938 (76) (762 to 1114) | 867 (103) (629 to 1105) | 920 (114) (656 to 1183) |
| Peak workload (W) | 57.8 (4.2) (43.7 to 67.6) | 58.5 (4.7) (47.6 to 69.5) | 52.2 (7.3) (35.3 to 69.1) | 56.5 (6.1) (42.4 to 70.7) |