Table 1.

Post-exercise muscle edema in the compressed and the non-compressed calf.

		Compressed calf		Non-compressed calf		p-value of ANOVA
		Pre-exercise	Post-exercise	Pre-exercise	Post-exercise	Time	Treatment	Time*Treatment
Signal intensity (T2-weighted TIRM sequence)	MGM	1.0 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 1.1	1.0 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 1.1	0.002	0.674	0.829
	LGM	1.0 ± 0.3	1.00 ± 0.1	1.0 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.5	0.060	0.580	0.179
	SM	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.2	0.231	0.753	0.914
T2 relaxation time [ms]	MGM	37.4 ± 9.6	54.5 ± 12.3	38.1 ± 9.2	54.6 ± 14.1	0.005	0.951	0.956
	LGM	38.4 ± 8.1	39.7 ± 8.7	37.4 ± 7.6	41.1 ± 8.3	0.165	0.884	0.244
	SM	39.9 ± 6.1	44.0 ± 8.4	39.7 ± 6.0	40.5 ± 6.2	0.260	0.340	0.370

Relative values of T2-weighted TIRM signal intensity and absolute T2 relaxation time [ms] (mean ± SD) in the medial gastrocnemius muscle (MGM), the lateral gastrocnemius muscle (LGM) and the soleus muscle (SM) of the compressed and the non-compressed calf at baseline and 60 h after standardized eccentric exercise. P-values of the performed 2-way, 2 repeated measures ANOVA (analysis of variance) with time (baseline vs. post-intervention), treatment (compression vs. non-compression) and the interaction of time and treatment are given