Table 4. ROI volumes and mean SUVs in the control and exercise groups, lower leg-foot (values are mean ± SD).
ROI volumes | Mean SUVs | ||||||
Body areas | Muscle | control group | exercise group | P value | control group | exercise group | P value |
Lower leg | Anterior tibial | 10.18±0.72 | 11.75±2.19 | 0.19 | 0.78±0.06 | 0.79±0.21 | 0.92 |
Long flexor muscle of toes | 4.24±1.12 | 4.23±1.48 | 0.99 | 0.85±0.41 | 0.88±0.35 | 0.91 | |
Posterior tibial | 12.28±1.64 | 11.41±1.56 | 0.42 | 0.92±0.14 | 1.19±0.52 | 0.31 | |
Long flexor muscle of great toe | 5.46±1.18 | 7.13±1.29 | 0.07 | 1.06±0.29 | 1.49±0.49 | 0.14 | |
Peroneus | 5.49±1.85 | 4.69±1.11 | 0.43 | 0.68±0.09 | 1.14±0.40 | 0.06 | |
Triceps surae | 42.51±7.21 | 39.78±10.05 | 0.64 | 0.99±0.40 | 1.09±0.47 | 0.71 | |
Foot | Abductor hallucis | 7.79±2.86 | 6.18±1.20 | 0.29 | 0.86±0.25 | 1.55±0.64 | 0.08 |
Plantar quadrate | 4.79±0.85 | 4.83±0.95 | 0.94 | 0.92±0.10 | 1.07±0.30 | 0.34 | |
Flexor digitorum brevis | 5.55±098 | 6.36±1.03 | 0.24 | 0.84±0.05 | 1.19±0.49 | 0.18 | |
Abductor digiti minimi | 5.82±0.86 | 7.02±1.15 | 0.10 | 0.78±0.09 | 1.22±0.76 | 0.26 | |
Flexor hallucis brevis | 6.43±0.92 | 4.40±0.78 | <0.01 | 0.84±0.09 | 1.77±1.02 | 0.11 | |
Interosseous | 10.88±1.41 | 9.08±1.06 | 0.06 | 0.88±0.12 | 1.60±0.95 | 0.17 |
ROI, region of interest; SUVs, standardized uptake values.