. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 23.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Nov;41(11):2003–2008. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a70707

TABLE 1.

Descriptive characteristics for all subjects (n = 24) before and after training.

	Baseline	After Training
Age (yr)	22.2 ± 4.83	22.5 ± 5.16
Body weight (kg)	71.12 ± 15.68	71.30 ± 14.86
Height (cm)	167.51 ± 7.14	167.49 ± 7.11
Brachial artery diameter measured axially (cm)
Untrained (DOM) arm	0.400 ± 0.088	0.402 ± 0.087
Trained (ND) arm	0.402 ± 0.078	0.424 ± 0.077^*^‡
Brachial artery diameter measured coronally (cm)
Untrained (DOM) arm	0.396 ± 0.094	0.397 ± 0.095
Trained (ND) arm	0.404 ± 0.083	0.425 ± 0.087^*^‡
Biceps CSA (cm²)
Untrained (DOM) arm	15.05 ± 4.04	14.91 ± 4.12
Trained (ND) arm	14.81 ± 3.95	17.64 ± 5.63^*^‡
Isometric strength (kg)
Untrained (DOM) arm	31.81 ± 13.08	32.58 ± 13.88
Trained (ND) arm	29.76 ± 13.57	34.76 ± 13.52^*
Isotonic strength (1RM; kg)
Untrained (DOM) arm	9.76 ± 4.15	10.37 ± 4.43
Trained (ND) arm	9.67 ± 4.30	13.05 ± 4.41^*

Values are means ± SD.

Significant (P < 0.05) difference between pre- and posttraining values.

^‡

Significant (P ≤ 0.05) difference between trained and untrained arms at same time point.

DOM, dominant; ND, nondominant.