Table 2.
Change (% increase) in muscle volume of the quadriceps (quad), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), vastus intermedius (VIM) and rectus femoris (RF) during 12 week training intervention
| Endurance | Strength | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | p | Mean | SD | p | |
| cm3 | ||||||
| Quad | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.0066 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.068 |
| VM | 4.9 | 4.6 | 0.0002 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 0.013 |
| VL | 1.9 | 9.8 | 0.43 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 0.96 |
| Vim | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.039 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.057 |
| RF | 0.9 | 12 | 0.79 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.56 |
SD = standard deviation; p = results of a paired t-test