. 2020 Feb 26;598(6):1187–1203. doi: 10.1113/JP278975

Table 1.

EDL fatigue resistance and blood flow (normalised to muscle mass) during rest and stimulation

		Control	Chronic MS	OV+MS	OV
Fatigue index		0.47 ± 0.09^a	0.36 ± 0.03^b	0.65 ± 0.11^c	0.64 ± 0.08^c
Maximum twitch tension (N)		0.35 ± 0.10^a	0.35 ± 0.07^a	0.52 ± 0.10^b	0.48 ± 0.08^b
Maximum twitch tension per g EDL (N g⁻¹)		2.41 ± 0.64^ab	1.90 ± 0.44^a	2.72 ± 0.60^b	2.54 ± 0.40^ab
Mean femoral flow (ml min⁻¹ g⁻¹)	Rest	8.13 ± 1.62^a	5.37 ± 1.12^b	6.38 ± 2.77^ab	5.58 ± 1.47^b
	End‐stimulation	11.70 ± 2.49^a	7.81 ± 1.90^b	10.56 ± 3.46^a	10.44 ± 1.09^a
Peak (systolic) femoral flow (ml min⁻¹ g⁻¹)	Rest	27.00 ± 6.79^a	14.82 ± 2.63^b	20.52 ± 5.24^b	17.64 ± 4.17^b
	End‐stimulation	34.46 ± 8.24^a	19.26 ± 5.39^b	29.48 ± 7.83^a	28.20 ± 6.51^ab
Flow amplitude (ml min⁻¹ g⁻¹)	Rest	25.22 ± 7.00^a	13.39 ± 2.92^b	18.95 ± 4.80^ab	16.50 ± 4.25^b
	End‐stimulation	31.40 ± 8.45^a	16.46 ± 5.26^b	25.60 ± 8.05^ab	24.92 ± 7.13^ab
FVC (ml min‐¹ mmHg⁻¹ g⁻¹)	Rest	0.067 ± 0.013^a	0.042 ± 0.008^b	0.053 ± 0.022^ab	0.047 ± 0.013^b
	End‐stimulation	0.100 ± 0.020^a	0.062 ± 0.016^b	0.089 ± 0.024^a	0.086 ± 0.015^ab
	Hyperaemic scope	1.50 ± 0.24^a	1.48 ± 0.24^ab	1.79 ± 0.31^ab	1.92 ± 0.51^b

Unshared superscript letters denote statistical significance (P < 0.05) as assessed by Tukey post hoc tests.