Evaluation of rehabilitation exercise effects by using gradation-based skeletal muscle echo intensity in older individuals: a one-group before-and-after trial study

Table 1 Subcutaneous fat thickness and muscle thickness taken by ultrasonography at before and after the 6 months rehabilitation exercise

	Before (n = 27)			After (n = 27)
Subcutaneous fat thickness
Anterior (cm)	1.19	±	0.23	1.37	±	0.24
Lateral (cm)	0.62	±	0.29	0.59	±	0.28
Posterior (cm)	0.71	±	0.29	0.73	±	0.28
Thigh muscles (cm)	0.71	±	0.25	0.71	±	0.25
Muscle thickness
Rectus femoris (cm)	1.14	±	0.27	1.23	±	0.28^*
Vastus lateralis (cm)	1.31	±	0.35	1.37	±	0.34
Vastus intermedius anterior (cm)	0.99	±	0.29	1.09	±	0.35^*
Vastus intermedius lateral (cm)	0.86	±	0.34	0.94	±	0.30^*
Biceps femoris (cm)	1.67	±	0.34	2.00	±	0.38^*
Thigh muscles (cm)	1.19	±	0.23	1.37	±	0.24^*

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