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. 2019 Nov 26;10:1456. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01456

TABLE 1.

Fascicle length (FL), pennation angle (PA), and muscle thickness (MT) from gastrocnemius medialis (GM), gastrocnemius lateralis (GL), and soleus (SO).

Baseline Pre-training Post-4 Post-8 Post-12
GM FL (cm) 5.36a±0.65 5.33a±0.69 5.81b±0.72 6.00c±0.73 6.03c±0.85
PA (°) 20.61a±2.27 20.35a±2.25 20.87a±2.34 20.92a±2.65 21.22a±2.70
MT (cm) 1.86a±0.24 1.85a±0.23 1.98b±0.22 2.11c±0.24 2.12c±0.27
GL FL (cm) 6.32a±1.00 6.39a±1.03 6.77b±1.15 6.89b±1.14 6.95b±1.18
PA (°) 12.39a±1.32 12.59a±1.48 13.37a±2.15 13.34a±1.52 13.61a±2.08
MT (cm) 1.37a±0.17 1.38a±0.18 1.53b±0.16 1.57b±0.15 1.60b±0.16
SO FL (cm) 4.60a±0.85 4.62a±0.86 5.14b±1.07 5.43c±1.14 5.57c±1.04
PA (°) 18.29a±1.80 18.58a±2.00 18.59a±3.94 19.39a±4.47 18.80a±3.60
MT (cm) 1.55a±0.18 1.56a±0.18 1.74b±0.25 1.85c±0.28 1.85c±0.23

All values are mean ± sd. Different letters indicate differences between moments (p ≤ 0.05).