Table 5
AGE
 Condition
Muscle Weight
 Single Twitch
 TET-10
 TET-20
 TET-40
 TET-80
 TET-100
ADULTS
 CON
 MEAN
 0.123
 39.23
 42.15
 60.32
 90,45
 131.33
 141.44


SD
 0.015
 7.84
 5.22
 15.30
 8,31
 16.95
 13.37

AX
 MEAN
 0.018
 6.43
 7.38
 8.99
 15,71
 17.07
 17.51


SD
 0.003
 0.65
 0.52
 0.89
 1,61
 1.01
 0.90

CON/MG
 MEAN
 0.106
 37.05
 51.00
 71.75
 99,32
 130.48
 138.02


SD
 0.012
 6.67
 8.28
 8.00
 9,95
 10.00
 7.83

AX/MG
 MEAN
 0.095
 31.46
 43.31
 73.91
 105,28
 124.88
 133.31


SD
 0.010
 4.41
 6.27
 9.73
 9,98
 11.62
 10.60
P28
 CON
 MEAN
 0.029
 8.45
 10.37
 16.45
 23,42
 27.34
 29.07


SD
 0.005
 0.86
 1.90
 4.12
 2,91
 4.20
 3.54

AX
 MEAN
 0.019
 9.24
 10.06
 11.94
 16,16
 18.25
 19.61


SD
 0.002
 4.84
 5.07
 5.45
 9,31
 10.74
 11.01

CON/MG
 MEAN
 0.018
 6.04
 9.35
 13.39
 18,93
 20.56
 21.25


SD
 0.004
 1.91
 2.69
 2.56
 1,28
 3.19
 3.01

AX/MG
 MEAN
 0.014
 5.37
 7.09
 7.81
 14,11
 18.73
 19.35


SD
 0.002
 0.77
 0.95
 0.51
 1,97
 3.86
 3.57
P21
 CON
 MEAN
 0.017
 10.69
 11.83
 16.75
 27,08
 31.10
 30.84


SD
 0.002
 1.42
 1.90
 2.24
 3,30
 4.67
 4.54

AX
 MEAN
 0.016
 10.73
 11.23
 15.22
 21,99
 23.85
 23.88


SD
 0.001
 1.22
 2.49
 1.90
 2,91
 2.60
 1.75

CON/MG
 MEAN
 0.014
 5.89
 7.69
 10.83
 19,70
 23.64
 23.24


SD
 0.002
 1.69
 2.39
 3.22
 5,90
 9.27
 8.69

AX/MG
 MEAN
 0.010
 5.26
 6.42
 12.22
 14,89
 16.94
 17.54


SD
 0.003
 1.25
 2.32
 3.51
 4,00
 4.56
 4.65
P14
 CON
 MEAN
 0.006
 4.01
 6.16
 7.32
 9,14
 10.33
 10.46


SD
 0.001
 1.62
 1.20
 1.48
 1,96
 2.10
 2.02

AX
 MEAN
 0.005
 3.35
 5.72
 6.79
 7,59
 8.18
 8.35


SD
 0.001
 0.61
 0.88
 0.57
 0,32
 0.57
 0.60

CON/MG
 MEAN
 0.006
 3.61
 4.16
 6.37
 9,16
 11.15
 11.35


SD
 0.002
 0.86
 1.16
 3.10
 5,05
 4.85
 4.62

AX/MG
 MEAN
 0.005
 3.18
 3.53
 5.98
 7,97
 9.79
 10.06


SD
 0.000
 0.52
 0.54
 1.12
 1,54
 2.71
 2.94

All values are presented in grams. TET-10, -20, -40, -80, -100, means Tetanic Twitch Tension in 10, 20, 40, 80, 100 Hz, respectively.

Gougoulias et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004 5:33   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-5-33