Table 3.
Recovery of maximal twitch, MVC, and CMAP relative to baseline (%)
| Immediate Postfatigue |
30 s Postfatigue |
2 min Postfatigue |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | DPN Patients | Controls | DPN Patients | Controls | DPN Patients | |
| Twitch torque, N·m | 80.3 ± 14.3§ | 87.5 ± 12.7§ | 90.2 ± 11.3 | 103.1 ± 10.9 | 98.1 ± 12.6 | 103.1 ± 7.7 |
| Twitch torque/TPT, N·m·s−1 | 88.8 ± 17.6 | 83.6 ± 22.1 | 96.2 ± 8.7 | 94.5 ± 13.8 | 98.1 ± 13.2 | 98.6 ± 17.3 |
| Twitch torque/HRT, N·m·s−1 | 72.7 ± 15.3§ | 67.0 ± 14.5§ | 90.1 ± 15.3 | 85.6 ± 17.8 | 98.2 ± 18.9 | 94.6 ± 12.2 |
| MVC, N·m | 92.7 ± 9.4§ | 88.0 ± 7.9§ | 99.7 ± 10.1 | 98.0 ± 9.0 | ||
| MVC RTD, N·m·s−1 | 78.4 ± 13.5§ | 73.9 ± 11.4§ | 97.7 ± 14.9 | 88.9 ± 13.8 | ||
| MVC RMS EMG | 96.1 ± 16.9 | 92.8 ± 18.3 | 95.4 ± 12.1 | 94.8 ± 15.3 | ||
| CMAP NP amplitude, μV | 93.9 ± 7.8 | 86.9 ± 13.2§* | 93.9 ± 8.7 | 95.6 ± 10.6 | 96.9 ± 7.2 | 95.6 ± 8.7 |
| CMAP NP duration, ms | 108.3 ± 6.4 | 110.6 ± 7.9 | 105.4 ± 7.1 | 104.6 ± 6.8 | 102.9 ± 5.1 | 103.8 ± 6.2 |
| CMAP NP area, μVms | 97.3 ± 7.1 | 93.3 ± 8.4 | 97.5 ± 7.8 | 96.6 ± 6.5 | 99.4 ± 5.8 | 96.5 ± 6.9 |
Values are means ± SD.
*
Significant difference between groups;
§
significant difference from baseline (P < 0.05).