Resistance Exercise Reduces Skeletal Muscle Cachexia and Improves Muscle Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 3

Muscle performance.

	Before training		After training
	Extension	Flexion	Extension	Flexion
Peak torque (Nm)	116.7	28.4	132.8	43.2
Peak torque/BW (%)	55.1	13.4	62.8	20.4
Work/BW (%)	54.0	14.0	64.0	22.5
Work fatigue (%)	18.4	27.8	15.6	13.4
Average power (Watts)	113.0	24.0	124.1	43.8

BW: body weight; Newton-meters: Nm.