Table 1.

Muscle fiber cross-sectional area and fiber-type distribution of the vastus lateralis in patients with severe knee injury (KI) and in healthy, matched controls (CON).

Group	KI		CON
Leg	Injured	Noninjured
Muscle fiber CSA (μm2)
Type I	3719.7 ± 1746.7	4649.4 ± 768.9	4399.7 ± 1946.1
Type II	3752.9 ± 2693.5	4881.3 ± 1376.1	4468.9 ± 1888.1
Combined	3736.2 ± 2161.3*	4765.1 ± 992.8	5154.6 ± 1538.7
Type I fiber distribution (%)	56.8 ± 12.1	42.0 ± 28.4	49.2 ± 13

^*Small effect size.

Values are Mean ± SD. n = 4 KI, n = 4 CON. Combined denotes both type I and II fibers pooled.