. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2013 Jan 29;48(3):358–363. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.01.010

Table 2.

Neuromuscular Measures

	Faster	Slower	p	Effect Size
Rate of force production (N/sec)	3218 ± 442	2010 ± 1112	0.002	1.26
MG rate of EMG rise (% ref EMG/s)	7400 ± 1960	4910 ± 1570	0.01	1.15
SO rate of EMG rise (% ref EMG/s)	5960 ± 1550	6750 ± 3280	0.73	-
Plantarflexor CSA (cm²)	347 ± 83	331 ± 65	0.44	-
Quadriceps CSA (cm²)	476 ± 130	496 ± 112	0.76	-
Hamstrings CSA (cm²)	275 ± 50	332 ± 53	0.98	-

values are mean ± standard deviation