. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 27.

Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 1995 Dec;18(12):1403–1411. doi: 10.1002/mus.880181210

Table 1.

Preexercise muscle properties

	Single stimulus			Voluntary			Tetanus
	CMAP (mV)	TT (N)	CNT (ms)	RT1/2 (ms)	MVC (N)	Added force (%)	TF (N)	RT1/2 (ms)	Rising rate (normalized, % TF/s)	TF/TT
Patients(N = 28)	5.4 ± 0.2	11.1 ± 1.2	84.1 ± 2.7	104.0 ± 5.0	223.1 ± 17.0	19.2 ± 8.5	124.7 ± 7.6	234.2 ± 18.7	846 ± 50	14.0 ± 1.7
Controls (N = 14)	6.5 ± 0.3	15.0 ± 1.9	88.4 ± 1.8	107.1 ± 5.8	357.9 ± 19.7	0.5	206.1 ± 17.3	165.8 ± 5.1	10175 ± 44	13.8 ± 1
P values	<0.01	<0.05	0.13	0.3	<0.01	<O.05	<0.01	<0.01	<0.05	0.5

CMAP = compound muscle action potential; TT = twitch tension; CNT = twitch contraction time; RT1/2 = half-relaxation time; MVC = maximum voluntary contraction; TF = tetanic force.