Table 4.

Changes in muscle water R₂ (s⁻¹) between baseline and 3 hours following the voluntary ankle dorsiflexion exercise (Δ water R₂) in the lower leg muscles of subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (A) and the healthy volunteers (B).

(A) Subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
		Baseline Mean ± SE	Post-Exercise Mean ± SE	Δ water R2 Mean ± SE (n)
Ankle dorsiflexors	Extensor digitorum longus	27.3 ± 0.8	25.5 ± 0.8	−1.8 ± 0.7 (12)
	Tibialis anterior	25.5 ± 0.4	24.1 ± 0.4	−1.4 ± 0.4 (12)
Ankle plantarflexors	Soleus	23.1 ± 0.4	22.8 ± 0.3	−0.3 ± 0.3 (9)
	Gastrocnemius lateralis	23.1 ± 0.4	22.6 ± 0.2	−0.5 ± 0.3 (9)
	Gastrocnemius medialis	23.1 ± 0.3	22.5 ± 0.3	−0.6 ± 0.4 (9)
(B) Healthy Volunteers
		Baseline Mean ± SE	Post-Exercise Mean ± SE	Δ water R2 Mean ± SE (n)
Ankle dorsiflexors	Extensor digitorum longus	27.4 ± 0.4	26.5 ± 0.3	−1.1 ± 0.6 (18)
	Tibialis anterior	28.1 ± 0.5	26.7 ± 0.4	−1.4 ± 0.7 (18)
Ankle plantarflexors	Soleus	25.6 ± 0.2	25.1 ± 0.2	−0.6 ± 0.3 (18)
	Gastrocnemius lateralis	25.9 ± 0.2	25.2 ± 0.2	−0.9 ± 0.4 (18)
	Gastrocnemius medialis	26.1 ± 0.2	25.1 ± 0.2	−1.0 ± 0.4 (18)