Multicomponent Exercise Training Improves Gait Ability of Older Women Rather than Strength Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Peak torque and rate of torque development around ankle, knee, and hip joints during maximal voluntary isometric contraction for multicomponent and strength groups at pretraining and posttraining.
Multicomponent group
Strength group
value
Pre
Post
Pre
Post
Peak torque
Hip flexion (N.m)
47.2 (23.1)
47.1 (15.4)
48.3 (14.5)
58.0 (14.7)ab
0.020
Hip extension (N.m)
108.1 (72.3)
99.0 (45.8)
93.5 (40.9)
126.9 (37.9)ab
0.009
Knee flexion (N.m)
24.9 (9.3)
25.9 (8.9)
27.6 (8.3)
35.9 (8.3)ab
0.001
Knee extension (N.m)
58.5 (29.6)
69.6 (32.1)
81.3 (29.2)
93.9 (31.4)
0.842
Plantar flexion (N.m)
15.0 (6.1)
19.4 (8.5)
20.2 (8.7)
21.6 (6.5)
0.198
Plantar extension (N.m)
12.9 (5.4)
15.3 (5.3)
15.2 (6.0)
18.8 (7.8)
0.364
RTD
Hip flexion (N.m.s−1)
0.27 (0.24)
0.21 (0.16)
0.24 (0.14)
0.27 (0.11)
0.081
Hip extension (N.m.s−1)
0.26 (0.25)
0.27 (0.45)
0.35 (0.22)
0.31 (0.14)
0.527
Knee flexion (N.m.s−1)
0.12 (0.07)
0.11 (0.07)
0.12 (0.05)
0.16 (0.08)
0.063
Knee extension (N.m.s−1)
0.16 (0.10)
0.15 (0.10)
0.24 (0.13)
0.31 (0.17)ab
0.001
Plantar flexion (N.m.s−1)
0.06 (0.06)
0.05 (0.04)
0.07 (0.05)
0.06 (0.03)
0.697
Plantar extension (N.m.s−1)
0.03 (0.01)
0.03 (0.01)
0.05 (0.02)
0.05 (0.02)
0.621
Main time effect ; a: different from pretraining; b: different from multicomponent group at posttraining; RTD: rate of torque development.
