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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Anat. 2014 Jul 29;196(6):464–470. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2014.07.005

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