Table 4.

³¹P–MR measures of mitochondrial function measured and derived from the dynamic examinations in five subjects with different knee angulations (0° and ~60°) (n = 5)

	GL		GM		SOL
Knee flexion [°]	0	60	0	60	0	60
PCr drop [%]	75.4 ± 17.0	24.2 ± 12.7§	68.4 ± 24.9	20.4 ± 9.2§	18.0 ± 8.5	43.2 ± 19.1*
τ PCr [s]	60.8 ± 10.1	57.7 ± 24.9	58.5 ± 21.7	58.7 ± 11.9	70.3 ± 12.0	42.5 ± 6.9§
pH end_exercise	6.76 ± 0.15	6.94 ± 0.07*	6.76 ± 0.20	7.00 ± 0.05*	6.93 ± 0.14	6.93 ± 0.14
V PCr [mM/s]	0.47 ± 0.08	0.24 ± 0.13*	0.43 ± 0.18	0.21 ± 0.09*	0.12 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.27*
Q max [mM/s]	0.60 ± 0.13	0.44 ± 0.18	0.59 ± 0.22	0.45 ± 0.15	0.33 ± 0.14	0.80 ± 0.34*

Data are given as mean ± standard deviation. Significant differences between exercise protocols are depicted as follows:

^* p < 0.05 and

^§ p < 0.01.