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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Ren Nutr. 2012 Jan 9;22(4):423–433. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2011.10.006

Table 2.

Results of Physical Performance Testing, Physical Activity by Accelerometry, and Muscle Size by MRI

Measurement Mean ± SD, n = 26
Physical performance measures
 Usual gait speed, cm/second 123 ± 25
 Fast gait speed, cm/second 176 ± 53
 6-minute walk, feet (m) 1,434 ± 371 (437 ± 113)
 Sit-to-stand time (10 times), seconds 25 ± 9
 Standing balance, 1 leg, seconds 18 ± 12
Isokinetic strength
 Knee extension at 90°/second, N·m 92 ± 30
 Knee extension at 180°/second, N·m 64 ± 23
Isometric strength
 MVC knee extension at 60°, N 444 ± 143
Daily activity: accelerometry, arbitrary units 126,233 ± 64,715
Quadriceps muscle (contractile area) CSA, cm2 63.8 ± 12.2

N·m, Newton meter; MVC, maximal voluntary contraction; N, Newton; CSA, cross-sectional area; SD, standard deviation.

Data presented as the mean ± SD.