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Muscle Weight, Number of Motor Units, Single Twitch and Maximal Tetanic Tension, expressed as a % ratio, of the operated to the control side, in the soleus, in the four age groups tested. Axotomy has been performed in P2, in all cases. |
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| Soleus Operated / Control side % |
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| Single Twitch |
Tet-100 |
Motor Units |
Muscle Weight |
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| Adult |
16.80 |
12.44 |
49.87 |
10.60 |
| ± 3.03 |
± 0.97 |
± 6.73 |
± 2.62 |
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| Adult-Mg |
87.34 |
97.00 |
80.56 |
38.88 |
| ± 21.06 |
± 11.33 |
± 4.34 |
± 5.25 |
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| P28 |
107.21 |
67.39 |
62.77 |
45.19 |
| ± 53.62 |
± 39.21 |
± 8.87 |
± 6.29 |
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| P28-Mg |
94.10 |
91.45 |
86.67 |
64.07 |
| ± 25.80 |
± 15.09 |
± 5.65 |
± 7.22 |
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| P21 |
101.74 |
79.00 |
71.37 |
48.80 |
| ± 17.13 |
± 14.34 |
± 5.45 |
± 6.44 |
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| P21-Mg |
93.49 |
77.01 |
93.74 |
58.08 |
| ± 29.14 |
± 25.63 |
± 6.61 |
± 29.92 |
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| P14 |
90.38 |
81.96 |
89.67 |
60.91 |
| ± 22.35 |
± 13.56 |
± 6.41 |
± 16.43 |
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| P14-Mg |
89.40 |
92.12 |
49.87 |
66.11 |
| ± 8.04 |
± 11.15 |
± 6.73 |
± 13.19 |
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Values are expressed as Mean ± SD. | ||||
Gougoulias et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004 5:33 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-5-33 |
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