Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the neuromuscular function tests [data presented as mean (SD); the first column and row] and correlation coefficients between BFP and ACMC with respect to SST for the males (upper part) and the females (lower part)

				Mean (SD)	SST
					EXT		FLE
					T (Nm/kg)	RTD (Nm/s/kg)	T (Nm/kg)	RTD (Nm/s/kg)
					3.46 (.73)	25.32 (5.9)	1.44 (.29)	9.9 (2.2)
Male (n=13)	BFP	EXT	Slope	8.2 (21.8)	−.14	.30	.16	.21
			Intercept (N/s)	1152 (807)	.53	.31	.18	.25
		FLE	Slope	5.7 (1.9)	.41	.23	.02	.25
			Intercept (N/s)	794 (358)	−.25	−.05	.26	.14
	ACMC	EXT	T (Nm/kg)	2.88 (.60)	.86**	.71**	.34	.48
			RTD (Nm/s/kg)	29.7 (6.0)	.72**	.74**	.65*	.79**
		FLE	T (Nm/kg)	1.20 (.27)	.38	.50	.49	.63*
			RTD (Nm/s/kg)	36.6 (13.9)	.85**	.64*	.37	.34
				Mean (SD)	2.83 (.45)	20.7 (4.8)	1.35 (.32)	8.8 (2.5)
Female (n=16)	BFP	EXT	Slope	7.0 (2.0)	.26	.32	0.21	0.34
			Intercept (N/s)	867 (418)	.15	−.12	.25	−.07
		FLE	Slope	6.5 (1.6)	.07	.23	.03	.25
			Intercept (N/s)	446 (193)	.15	−.02	.25	.05
	ACMC	EXT	T (Nm/kg)	2.46 (.44)	.75**	.82**	.49	.61*
			RTD (Nm/s/kg)	23.4 (5.4)	.73**	.61*	.52*	.33
		FLE	T (Nm/kg)	1.04 (.35)	.36	.07	.55*	.08
			RTD (Nm/s/kg)	31.7 (9.0)	.52*	.37	.51*	.38

SST - Standard strength test; BFP - Brief force pulses; ACMC - Alternating consecutive maximum contractions; EXT - Extension; FLE - Flexion; T- Torque; RTD - Rate of torque development;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01