Table 2 Correlation coefficients (r) of the strain (S), build-up (pRT) and release rates (nRT) with water T2 (T2) and fat fraction (FF) in the vastus lateralis (VL) and vastus intermedius (VI).

From: Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of muscle contraction in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

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Correlation Coefficients r (p-value)

Summary values

Mean ± standard deviation

Strain

Build-up rate

Release rate

T2 (ms)/FF(%) in FSHD patients

T2 (ms)/FF(%) in healthy controls

T2VL

0.204 (0.207)

−0.262 (0.103)

−0.236 (0.143)

43.13 ± 8.61

39.44 ± 2.83

T2VI

0.215 (0.176)

−0.256 (0.107)

−0.202 (0.206)

44.22 ± 7.89

39.20 ± 1.95

FFVL

0.151 (0.339)

−0.184 (0.243)

−0.127 (0.423)

14.59 ± 18.02

6.39 ± 2.54

FFVI

−0.161 (0.309)

0.097 (0.541)

0.27 (0.083)

15.34 ± 18.94

5.01 ± 2.06

  1. The significance level corrected for multiple comparisons was 0.0042. The number of datasets used were: (FSHD patients: 25 datasets (t0), 17(t1), 9(t2) & healthy controls (7(t0.))).
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