Table 3 |
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Morphometric data of tibialis anterior muscle fibres (mean ± SD), in the muscle biopsy samples before and after reperfusion. |
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Before |
After |
Significance |
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TYPE I FIBRES |
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Area (μm2) |
3,745 ± 2,094 |
3,086 ± 1,340 |
P < 0.001** |
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Fibre proportion |
58.2% |
66.2% |
NS** |
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TYPE II FIBRES |
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Area (μm2) |
4,654.5 ± 2626 |
4,009 ± 1,917 |
P < 0.001** |
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Fibre proportion |
41.7% |
33.8% |
NS** |
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* Student's t-test ** Chi-square NS: not statistically significant |
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Albani et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2002 3:8 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-3-8 |
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