TABLE 4.
Knee extension (KE) and knee flexion (KF) isometric (iso) and concentric (con) maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque, antagonist muscle co-activation and vastus lateralis (VL) muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) thickness in COL and PLA groups before (PRE) and after (POST) training. Data are mean ± SD.
| Variable | COL (n = 8) | PLA (n = 9) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE | POST | DELTA | PRE | POST | DELTA | g × t, p | |
| Iso KE MVC (N∙m) | 175 ± 45 | 192 ± 31 | 16.8 ± 28.1 | 182 ± 50 | 184 ± 29.6 | 2.2 ± 31.3 | 0.325 |
| Iso KF MVC (N∙m) | 84.2 ± 22.0 | 79.8 ± 20.4 | −4.4 ± 14.3 | 80.9 ± 20.2 | 77.6 ± 19.3 | −3.3 ± 12.4 | 0.863 |
| Con KE MVC (N∙m) | 138 ± 31 | 139 ± 30 | 1.1 ± 12.3 | 132 ± 29 | 141 ± 22 | 9.6 ± 26.1 | 0.849 |
| Ant co-activation (%) | 19.6 ± 9.0 | 18.2 ± 7.8 | −1.4 ± 8.3 | 18.9 ± 9.7 | 18.3 ± 5.8 | −0.6 ± 8.4 | 0.858 |
| VL thickness (mm) | 25.2 ± 2.7 | 25.7 ± 3.0 | 0.44 ± 2.15 | 24.7 ± 2.9 | 24.9 ± 2.4 | 0.18 ± 1.31 | 0.781 |
| SAT thickness (mm) | 7.7 ± 2.9 | 7.4 ± 3.0 | −0.07 ± 0.73 | 6.0 ± 1.6 | 6.0 ± 2.0 | −0.03 ± 0.48 | 0.887 |