. 2017 Jun;17(2):38–49.

Table 1.

The effects of 6 weeks of progressive RVE and RE on leg muscle CSA.

	Leg muscle CSA [cm²]
Study phase	Pre		Post		Follow-up
Intervention	RE	RVE	RE	RVE	RE	RVE^a
Mm. vasti	1533±240	1465±256	1692±252^*	1619±274^*	1601±250^*	1546±251^*
M. rectus femoris	151±50	141±52	152±52	143±48	151±52	145±46
M. quadriceps femoris	1684±285	1606±285	1844±295^*	1762±303^*	1752±295^*	1691±279^*
M. soleus	548±72	539±79	552±75	547±74	548±79	550±75
M. gastrocnemius lateralis	114±29	114±19	117±27	125±22^*	113±28	120±20^*^,+
M. gastrocnemius medialis	224±51	215±40	227±47	231±45^*^,+2	224±52	226±38^*^,+2
M. triceps surae	886±133	868±113	896±124	904±126^*	884±135	896±110^*^,+

Leg muscle CSAs (means ± SD, cm², sum of all included MRI images) are shown for pre, post, and follow-up measurements of mm. vasti, m. rectus femoris, m. quadriceps femoris, m. soleus, m. gastrocnemius lateralis, m. gastrocnemius medialis, and m. triceps surae.

Only 12 subjects are included in this measurement.

Significant time effect compared with pre-values.

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Significant interaction effect (time*intervention) compared with pre-values.

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Tendency for an interaction effect (time*intervention) compared with pre-values. No intervention effects were observed. CSA = Cross-sectional area, RE = Resistive Exercise, RVE = Resistive Vibration Exercise.