Table 2.  Cross-sectional area of the rectus femoris muscle and subcutaneous tissue thickness in the rPMS and non-rPMS groups.

		rPMS							non-rPMS
Patient no.		1	2	3	4	5	6	Mean ± SD	7	8	9	10	11	12	Mean ± SD
The CSA of RF in paretic limb (cm2)	Baseline	3.50	4.40	4.61	2.46	6.23	5.14	4.39 ± 1.31	2.71	3.06	4.78	5.39	5.59	3.29	4.14 ± 1.26
	2 weeks later	3.52	3.51	4.25	2.22	6.72	4.69	4.15 ± 1.51	2.65	2.67	4.30	4.91	5.29	2.94	3.79 ± 1.19**
	Rate of change (%)	1	−20	−8	−10	8	−9	−6 ± 10	−2	−13	−10	−9	−5	−11	−8 ± 4
The CSA of RF in non-paretic limb (cm2)	Baseline	3.68	4.60	4.32	2.23	7.24	5.31	4.56 ± 1.67	2.40	2.97	4.81	5.85	8.14	3.29	4.57 ± 2.16
	2 weeks later	3.42	4.13	4.16	2.03	6.17	5.40	4.22 ± 1.46	2.12	3.43	4.90	4.75	7.88	3.55	4.44 ± 1.97
	Rate of change (%)	−7	−10	−4	−9	−15	2	−7 ± 6	−12	16	2	−19	−3	8	−1 ± 13
STT of paretic limb (cm)	Baseline	0.60	1.26	0.47	1.02	0.83	0.96	0.86 ± 0.29	0.66	1.19	1.23	0.68	1.31	1.05	1.02 ± 0.28

**P < 0.01 vs. baseline.