Table 4.

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

Variable	Observed Value			Change from the Baseline
	CG (n = 26)	EG (n = 26)	p **	CG (n = 26)	p *	EG (n = 26)	p *	p **
60°/s knee extension peak TQ (R), Nm					0.985	5.77 ± 10.58	0.010	0.048
Visit 2	52.88 ± 12.15	56.27 ± 12.13	0.320	−0.04 ± 10.13
Visit 4	52.85 ± 13.66	62.04 ± 14.35	0.023
60°/s knee extension peak TQ (L), Nm					0.368	−4.19 ± 11.98	0.087	0.625
Visit 2	57.58 ± 16.48	62.27 ± 14.89	0.287	−2.31 ± 15.42
Visit 4	55.27 ± 12.70	58.08 ± 16.84	0.500
60°/s knee flexion peak TQ (R), Nm					0.118	1.50 ± 9.33	0.607	0.567
Visit 2	28.46 ± 9.24	31.00 ± 9.90	0.344	2.99 ± 9.43
Visit 4	31.46 ± 11.86	32.50 ± 13.29	0.768
60°/s knee flexion peak TQ (L), Nm					0.090	−0.38 ± 5.32	0.230	0.203
Visit 2	29.73 ± 13.08	31.31 ± 13.29	0.668	−2.88 ± 8.33
Visit 4	26.85 ± 10.34	10.31 ± 12.87	0.290

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