Table 7.
Cut-off points for quartiles of the variables according to the type of MS.
| MS Type | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | PP | SP | |||||||
| Q1_Q2 | Q2_Q3 | Q3_Q4 | Q1_Q2 | Q2_Q3 | Q3_Q4 | Q1_Q2 | Q2_Q3 | Q3_Q4 | |
| MVIC (Kg) | 57.6 | 78.3 | 94.7 | 71.8 | 92.0 | 106.0 | 50.0 | 68.1 | 87.0 |
| 1 RM (Kg) | 50.0 | 70.5 | 90.0 | 62.0 | 83.4 | 106.0 | 42.0 | 62.5 | 87.0 |
| Mean Power (w) | 185.3 | 256.5 | 364.5 | 136.0 | 247.0 | 385.0 | 146.0 | 180.0 | 233.2 |
| MQ_ Isometric | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| MQ_MDF | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| MQ_Power (w/Kg) | 14.1 | 17.2 | 21 | 10.4 | 16 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 17.0 |
Q_Q: cutoff values between quartiles; MS: multiple sclerosis; RR: relapsing–remitting;PP: primary progressive; SP: secondary progressive; Max, Min: highest and lowest value, respectively, of the subsamples; Diagnostic: years since diagnosis; MVIC: maximum voluntary isometric contraction; 1 RM: one rep maximum; Mean Power: average load displacement power; MQ_Isometric: muscle quality for isometric strength; MQ_MDF: muscle quality for dynamic strength; MQ_Power: muscle quality for average displacement power.