Table 3.

Primary outcome comparisons between and within each group (PP population).

Variable	Observed Value			Change from the Baseline
	CG (n = 23)	EG (n = 23)	p **	CG (n = 23)	p *	EG (n = 23)	p *	p **
60°/s knee extension peak TQ (R), Nm					0.736	6.33 ± 11.10	0.015	0.037
Visit 2	53.45 ± 12.13	54.83 ± 12.01	0.628	−1.41 ± 10.38
Visit 4	52.05 ± 14.29	61.17 ± 15.23	0.056
60°/s knee extension peak TQ (L), Nm					0.516	−3.74 ± 12.66	0.171	0.734
Visit 2	57.17 ± 17.03	62.00 ± 14.80	0.310	−2.26 ± 16.42
Visit 4	54.91 ± 12.99	58.26 ± 16.88	0.455
60°/s knee flexion peak TQ (R), Nm					0.096	1.50 ± 9.87	0.506	0.477
Visit 2	28.23 ± 9.44	32.50 ± 9.29	0.512	3.63 ± 9.46
Visit 4	31.86 ± 11.89	34.00 ± 13.66	0.956
60°/s knee flexion peak TQ (L), Nm					0.013	−3.74 ± 8.23	0.007	0.824
Visit 2	31.8 ± 12.4	32.3 ± 13.5	0.892	−4.26 ± 7.59
Visit 4	27.6 ± 10.7	27.9 ± 12.3	0.919

p *: Values were compared within each group; p **: values were compared between groups.