The Effects of Aquatic Exercises on Physical Fitness and Muscle Function in Dialysis Patients

Table 5

Peak torque of flexor and extensor muscles of the knee joint at different angular velocities.

			Increase muscle strength						Friedman test
Move	Parameter	Leg	60°/s		180°/s		300°/s
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD		value
Extension	Peak torque [N-m]	Right	6.53	3.99	4.69	2.80	1.55	1.07	7.75	0.021
		Left	1.38	10.80	2.70	4.28	2.61	3.01	2.25	0.325
	Peak torque/body weight [%]	Right	18.31	11.57	9.10	3.69	1.30	1.18	10.75	0.005
		Left	10.84	22.75	4.68	6.66	1.08	7.21	9.00	0.011
Flexion	Peak torque [N-m]	Right	5.56	4.71	5.18	5.20	0.86	1.32	7.00	0.030
		Left	3.73	7.03	5.59	5.58	1.28	0.84	4.75	0.093
	Peak torque/body weight [%]	Right	10.01	6.05	5.14	3.88	0.71	1.73	10.75	0.005
		Left	5.54	11.65	4.78	2.83	1.76	1.05	3.25	0.197