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. 2007 Jul 26;583(Pt 3):1079–1091. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.135392

Table 2.

Quadriceps muscle CSA

	Suspended			Control

	Baseline	14 days	23 days	Pre	Post
Quadriceps (cm²)	56.27 ± 9.48	53.35 ± 8.86^**	50.65 ± 7.79^**^††	66.89 ± 13.21	66.47 ± 13.40
VM (cm²)	20.39 ± 3.61	19.39 ± 3.29^**	18.53 ± 2.93^**^††	25.48 ± 3.58	25.43 ± 3.61
RF (cm²)	2.75 ± 1.04	2.64 ± 0.98^*	2.45 ± 0.96^**^††	2.83 ± 1.48	2.86 ± 1.45
VL (cm²)	16.50 ± 3.63	15.94 ± 3.48^**	14.88 ± 3.11^**^††	19.31 ± 5.57	19.04 ± 5.71
VI (cm²)	16.63 ± 2.70	15.37 ± 2.47^**	14.80 ± 2.30^*^	19.27 ± 5.57	19.14 ± 5.53

^*

Significantly different from baseline, P < 0.05;

^**

significantly different from baseline, P < 0.01;

^†

significantly different from 14 days, P < 0.05

^††

significantly different from 14 days, P < 0.01.