Figure 3.

Box-and-whisker plots for the percentage of change from preexercise to postexercise for A, normalized knee-extension maximal voluntary isometric contraction torque (MVIC) torque, and B, quadriceps central activation ratio (CAR) in men and women. Potential outliers for change in normalized, isometric knee-extension torque were present in both groups, as indicated by the circles that fall outside the box and whiskers for each group. No such outliers were present for the change in quadriceps CAR data. * Significant difference between men and women (P = .02).