Table 2.

Resting substrate utilization and strength parameters. Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m.

	Control (n  = 5) (M/F: 1/4)			NMES (n  = 5) (M/F: 1/4)			Interaction P -value
	Baseline	Post-intervention	P -value	Baseline	Post-intervention	P -value
Substrate utilization
Resting metabolic rate (kcal)	1801.27 ± 153.20	1902.08 ± 130.42	0.53	2050.82 ± 214.24	1927.74 ± 204.35	0.40	0.13
Fasting substrate utilization (respiratory quotient)	0.78 ± 0.01	0.73 ± 0.02	0.26	0.78 ± 0.01	0.78 ± 0.01	0.85	0.16
Strength parameters
Peak torque per body weight right leg (%)	182.87 ± 20.70	176.79 ± 22.47	0.65	163.18 ± 17.85	160.77 ± 20.77	0.93	0.71
Peak torque per body weight left leg (%)	167.43 ± 21.96	173.47 ± 18.55	0.39	163.37 ± 17.07	155.56 ± 16.65	0.23	0.06
Work to fatigue right leg (%)	0.66 ± 4.72	−3.18 ± 3.51	0.78	11.14 ± 7.09	10.39 ± 2.31	0.99	0.72
Work to fatigue left leg (%)	9.11 ± 1.27	8.5 ± 6.08	0.99	7.29 ± 3.89	3.94 ± 4.94	0.83	0.75