Table 5.
Epidermis Interdigitation index: UMNSCI pre and post NMES.
| Analysis | Parameter | Pre | Post | Δ% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-E UMNSCI.1 | L | 1.57 | 1.58 | ||||
| R | 1.38 | 1.38 | |||||
| Average | 1.47 | 1.48 | 0.39 | ||||
| H-E UMNSCI.2 | L | 1.19 | 1.19 | ||||
| R | 1.53 | 1.45 | |||||
| Average | 1.36 | 1.32 | −2.91 | ||||
| H-E UMNSCI.3 | L | 1.44 | 1.13 | ||||
| R | 1.43 | 1.61 | |||||
| Average | 1.43 | 1.37 | −4.13 | ||||
| Analysis | n | pre ± SEM | n | post ± SEM | Δ% | p | |
| H-E UMNSCI Int. index | 6 | 1.42 ± 0.05 | 6 | 55.15 ± 5.50 | −2.2 | 0.63 |
Morphometric analyses of epidermis: Evaluation of interdigitation index on epidermal sections between before and after (Pre and Post) 2 years of NMES in UMNSCI. Δ% is the differential percentage of the index; data are mean ± SEM; n = number of biopsies for the analysis. Statistical significance at p < 0.05, paired t test. Data (µm) are taken from three subjects (from left L and right R leg and average).