TABLE 1.
Changes in the shear elastic modulus (Experiment 1).
Intervention | PRE | POST | % Change | |
RF (kPa) | 1 min | 11.5 ± 1.7 | 10.9 ± 2.5 | 94.7 ± 14.1 |
3 min | 12.1 ± 1.7 | 12.8 ± 2.1 | 106.1 ± 14.5 | |
VL (kPa) | 1 min | 6.0 ± 0.8 | 5.4 ± 1.0 | 90.8 ± 8.9 |
3 min | 6.0 ± 1.3 | 6.1 ± 1.1 | 102.1 ± 11.5 | |
VM (kPa) | 1 min | 7.4 ± 1.6 | 6.9 ± 2.0 | 93.8 ± 16.4 |
3 min | 7.7 ± 1.5 | 8.2 ± 2.0 | 106.2 ± 16.5 |
Average ± standard deviation. RF, rectus femoris; VL, vastus lateralis; VM, vastus medialis; kPa, kilopascal.