Assessment of the Quadriceps Femoris Muscle in Women after Injury Induced by Maximal Eccentric Isokinetic Exercise with Low Angular Speed

Table 1. Increase in signal intensity (edema) for the muscles Vastus Medialis (VM), Vastus Lateralis (VL), Rectus Femoris (RF) and Vastus intermedius (VI) of the 6 MRI-assessed subjects pre-exercise (Pre), on the 2 day after (D2), 7 day after (D7), and between the 21 and 30 (D21-30) days after eccentric exercise.

Muscle	Days	Subjects
Muscle	Days	1	2	3	4	5	6
VM	Pre	-	-	-	-	-	-
	D2	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D7	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D21-30	-	-	+	-	+	-
VL	Pre	-	-	-	-	-	-
	D2	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D7	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D21-30	-	-	+	-	+	-
RF	Pre	-	-	-	-	-	-
	D2	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D7	+	+	+	-	+	+
	D21-30	-	-	+	-	-	-
VI	Pre	-	-	-	-	-	-
	D2	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D7	+	+	+	+	+	+
	D21-30	-	-	+	-	+	-

+ = presence of edema- = absence of edema.