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Table 3 The comparison in the SCI groups before and after 12–16 weeks of training

From: Association of serum myokines and aerobic exercise training in patients with spinal cord injury: an observational study

  

SCI (n = 5)

P valuea

Pre-training

Post-training

Basic data

Age (year)

39.6 ± 7.4

-

-

Height (cm)

167.6 ± 6.0

167.6 ± 6.0

-

Weight (kg)

65.6 ± 6.6

67.9 ± 7.3

0.180

BMI (kg/m2)

23.5 ± 3.4

24.3 ± 3.8

0.180

Resting

HR (beat/min)

72.5 ± 13.8

71.8 ± 13.8

0.992

SBP (mmHg)

109.5 ± 24.8

110.6 ± 32.1

0.128

DBP (mmHg)

65.9 ± 11.6

67.4 ± 15.0

0.799

Peak exercise

HR (beat/min)

117.4 ± 23.8

120.4 ± 19.7

0.866

SBP (mmHg)

136.8 ± 28.0

145.6 ± 34.1

0.446

DBP (mmHg)

77.8 ± 14.9

78.6 ± 18.5

0.204

\( \overset{.}{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_2 \) (ml/min)

877.5 ± 426.2

902.4 ± 360.7

0.553

\( \overset{.}{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_2 \) (ml/min/kg)

12.3 ± 5.5

13.9 ± 5.5

0.866

\( {\overset{.}{\mathrm{V}}}_{\mathrm{E}} \) (ml/min)

32845.5 ± 15628.5

33580.0 ± 13222.2

0.398

 

Work load (watt)

39.6 ± 27.9

59.6 ± 32.1

0.312

Myokines

myostatin (ng/ml)

6.1 ± 2.0

9.0 ± 1.5

0.018

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

219.7 ± 51.7

204.4 ± 59.6

0.176

follistatin (ng/ml)

1042.7 ± 351.1

909.8 ± 409.0

0.398

  1. Abbreviations: SCI spinal cord injury, BMI body mass index, HR heart rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, VO 2 oxygen uptake, V E , minute ventilation; IGF-1 insulin-like growth factor-1
  2. aby comparison between pre- and post-training groups using the Wilcoxon matched pairs test