TABLE 1.
Anthropometric and functional characteristics of healthy elderly subjects.
| Characteristics | pre-NMES | post-NMES | Pre-control | Post-control |
| Weight (kg) | 75.1 ± 8.1 | 75.2 ± 7.9 | 76.0 ± 6.0 | 76.5 ± 5.8 |
| BMI (kg m–2) | 27.7 ± 3.0 | 27.7 ± 3.1 | 28.8 ± 3.0 | 28.9 ± 2.9 |
| Body fat (%) | 26.6 ± 5.3 | 25.4 ± 4.9 | 27.0 ± 4.8 | 26.8 ± 4.3 |
| Circ. Sup. (cm) | 53.8 ± 3.0 | 54.1 ± 3.1 | 53.2 ± 2.5 | 53.5 ± 2.5 |
| Circ. Inter. (cm) | 47.0 ± 2.7 | 47.7 ± 2.8 | 45.8 ± 2.1 | 46.5 ± 1.8 |
| Circ. Inf. (cm) | 40.5 ± 2.9 | 41.2 ± 3.1 | 38.9 ± 1.9 | 39.1 ± 2.3 |
| MVCbil (N) | 537 ± 104 | 585 ± 111∗ | 488 ± 133 | 492 ± 116 |
Control subject (n = 10; 70.8 ± 3.08 years old); BMI, body mass index; Cir, circumference; sup, superior; inter, inter-medium; inf, inferior; MVCbil, maximal bilateral voluntary contraction, ∗p < 0.05. The data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.