Table 1. Post-exercise muscle edema in the compressed and the non-compressed calf.
|
Compressed calf |
Non-compressed calf |
p-value of ANOVA |
| Pre-exercise |
Post-exercise |
Pre-exercise |
Post-exercise |
Time |
Treatment |
Time*Treatment |
| Signal intensity (T2-weighted TIRM sequence) |
MGM |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
1.9 ± 1.1 |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
2.1 ± 1.1 |
0.002 |
0.674 |
0.829 |
| LGM |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
1.00 ± 0.1 |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
1.1 ± 0.5 |
0.060 |
0.580 |
0.179 |
| SM |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
0.231 |
0.753 |
0.914 |
| T2 relaxation time [ms] |
MGM |
37.4 ± 9.6 |
54.5 ± 12.3 |
38.1 ± 9.2 |
54.6 ± 14.1 |
0.005 |
0.951 |
0.956 |
| LGM |
38.4 ± 8.1 |
39.7 ± 8.7 |
37.4 ± 7.6 |
41.1 ± 8.3 |
0.165 |
0.884 |
0.244 |
| SM |
39.9 ± 6.1 |
44.0 ± 8.4 |
39.7 ± 6.0 |
40.5 ± 6.2 |
0.260 |
0.340 |
0.370 |
Relative values of T2-weighted TIRM signal intensity and absolute T2 relaxation time [ms] (mean ± SD) in the medial gastrocnemius muscle (MGM), the lateral gastrocnemius muscle (LGM) and the soleus muscle (SM) of the compressed and the non-compressed calf at baseline and 60 h after standardized eccentric exercise. P-values of the performed 2-way, 2 repeated measures ANOVA (analysis of variance) with time (baseline vs. post-intervention), treatment (compression vs. non-compression) and the interaction of time and treatment are given
