Table 1.
Sporting disciplines of athletes.
Fig 1.
A typical example of 3D T1-weighted MR image at 50% of thigh length.
RF = rectus femoris, VL = vastus lateralis, VM = vastus medialis, VI = vastus intermedius, BFS = biceps femoris short head, BFL = biceps femoris long head, ST = semitendinosus, SM = semimembranosus.
Fig 2.
Time course changes of oxygen uptake and heart rate in response to the continuous ramp-incremental cycling test.
Fig 2A and 2B show oxygen uptake response as a function of percentage of TTE expressed as absolute (left upper panel) and relative (right upper panel) responses, respectively. Fig 2C and 2D show heart rate response as a function of percentage of TTE expressed as absolute (left lower panel) and relative (right lower panel) responses, respectively. #Indicates a main effect of time in the two-way mixed ANOVA (p < 0.001). †Indicates a time-by-group interaction effect in the two-way mixed ANOVA (p < 0.001). *Indicates a main effect of time in the one-way repeated ANOVA (p < 0.001). ‡‡Indicates greater than female athletes (p = 0.0097 to 0.0002). ‡Indicates greater than female athletes (p = 0.017). Significant differences between each of timepoints are not shown for clarity.
Fig 3.
Correlations between maximal power output and (a) peak oxygen uptake, (b) QF CSA, (c) hamstrings CSA, (d) leg extension power, (e) knee extension torque and (f) knee flexion torque. MPO = maximal power output, QF = quadriceps femoris, CSA = cross-sectional area.
Table 2.
Physiological and performance characteristics of athletes.
Table 3.
Stepwise multiple regression analysis.