Data from a Progressive Resistance Randomized Trial.

Format

The prt data frame has 2471 rows and 9 columns. It contains data for n = 63 subjects. Each subject underwent muscle biopsy before and after intervention. Data are stored in a long format with each record corresponding to one muscle fiber. There are two types of muscle fibers: Type 1 and Type 2. Dependent variables: specific force and isometric force are measured pre- and post intervention.

id

a factor with 63 levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ..., 520 (subject id)

prt.f

a factor with 2 levels High, Low, i.e. training (intervention) intensity

age.f

a factor with 2 levels Young, Old (stratifying variable)

sex.f

a factor with 2 levels Female, Male (stratifying variable)

bmi

a numeric vector with values of BMI at baseline ranging from 18.36 to 32.29

iso.fo

a numeric vector with values of isometric force ranging from 0.16 to 2.565

spec.fo

a numeric vector with values of specific force ranging from 80.5 to 290

occ.f

a factor with 2 levels Pre, Pos, i.e. pre- and post-intervention.

fiber.f

a factor with 2 levels Type 1, Type 2, i.e. Type 1 and Type 2 muscle fiber.

Source

Claflin, D.R., Larkin, L.M., Cederna, P.S., Horowitz, J.F., Alexander, N.B., Cole, N.M., Galecki, A.T., Chen, S., Nyquist, L.V., Carlson, B.M., Faulkner, J.A., & Ashton-Miller, J.A. (2011) Effects of high- and low-velocity resistance training on the contractile properties of skeletal muscle fibers from young and older humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 111, 1021-1030.

Details

Data frame prt was obtained by merging prt.subjects and prt.fiber.

Examples

summary(prt)
#>        id        prt.f        age.f         sex.f           bmi       
#>  15     :  48   High:1228   Young:1172   Female:1359   Min.   :18.37  
#>  50     :  46   Low :1243   Old  :1299   Male  :1112   1st Qu.:23.00  
#>  25     :  44                                          Median :24.77  
#>  95     :  44                                          Mean   :24.94  
#>  10     :  43                                          3rd Qu.:26.96  
#>  5      :  41                                          Max.   :32.29  
#>  (Other):2205                                                         
#>      iso.fo          spec.fo      occ.f        fiber.f    
#>  Min.   :0.1600   Min.   : 80.5   Pre:1228   Type 1:1299  
#>  1st Qu.:0.6490   1st Qu.:135.3   Pos:1243   Type 2:1172  
#>  Median :0.8280   Median :155.2                           
#>  Mean   :0.8783   Mean   :157.2                           
#>  3rd Qu.:1.0430   3rd Qu.:176.4                           
#>  Max.   :2.5650   Max.   :290.0                           
#>