Table 3: Changes in the lower limb size.
ROM: the range of motion, Upper line: mean, Lower line: standard deviation.
**p<0.01 ***p<0.001(Dunnett)
# Japanese reference value: range of values of community-dwelling Japanese women..
| Japanese reference value or ROM# | Right | Left |
| | D | 1W | 4W | 12W | p | D | 1W | 4W | 12W | p |
Calf | | | | | | | | | | | |
circumference | | 36.5 | 35.7*** | 35.4*** | 35.3*** | | 36.6 | 35.8*** | 35.6*** | 35.5*** | |
(cm) | 30–34.8 | (5.5) | (5.1) | (5.2) | (5.3) | <0.001 | (5.5) | (5.2) | (5.2) | (5.3) | <0.001 |
Ankle | | | | | | | | | | | |
circumference | | 29.4 | 29.2** | 29.0*** | 28.9*** | | 29.4 | 29.3** | 29.2*** | 29.1*** | |
(cm) | 17.7–20.5 | (2.7) | (2.6) | (2.6) | (2.5) | <0.001 | (2.6) | (2.7) | (2.7) | (2.6) | <0.001 |
Abduction of hip | | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.3 | | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.3 | 42.2 | |
(degrees) | 45 | (9.5) | (9.5) | (9.5) | (8.4) | 0.161 | (9.5) | (9.5) | (8.4) | (8.0) | 0.573 |
Flexion of ankle | | 37.5 | 40.9** | 41.1*** | 41.7*** | | 37.5 | 40.9** | 41.4*** | 42.5*** | |
(degrees) | 45 | (10.8) | (10.3) | (10.2) | (8.9) | <0.001 | (11.8) | (10.0) | (8.7) | (7.9) | 0.002 |