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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Strength Cond Res. 2016 May;30(5):1231–1238. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001203

Table 4.

Muscle characteristic values (mean ± SD) by event group

Sprints MidD Multis Jumps PV/Javelin Throws Men Women
mCSA (cm2) 24.6 ± 6.0 27.2 ± 6.2 23.1 ± 4.8 24.1 ± 5.5 22.6 ± 4.7 25.8 ± 6.7 27.2 ± 5.4 22.0 ± 4.7#
EI (a.u.) 66.4 ± 7.2 62.4 ± 6.9 73.0 ± 5.2*ξ 71.0 ± 9.3ξ 71.2 ± 12.5*ξ 63.4 ± 5.2 63.9 ± 5.6 71.2 ± 9.4#
*

Significantly different from throws

ξ

Significantly different from midD/hurdles

#

Significantly different from men