Table 2: Table 2: Contractile properties of MG and SOL muscle.
*P<0.05 vs. LETO-SED
†P<0.05 vs. OLETF-EX.
LETO-SED (n = 4) OLETF-SED (n = 3) OLETF-EX (n = 3)
MG muscle
Twitch tension
Maximal force (g) 102.8 ± 11.5 105.3 ± 5.3 116.6 ± 2.3
Muscle force per body weight (%) 0.20 ± 0.0 0.15 ± 0.0*† 0.20 ± 0.0
Contractile property
TTP (ms) 25.3 ± 3.8 26.2±7.0 28.0± 2.0
HRT (ms) 17.4 ± 6.6 15.3 ± 1.1 18.1 ± 4.1
SOL muscle
Twitch tension
Maximal force (g) 18.7± 1.9 19.6 ± 2.7 20.2 ± 0.4
Muscle force per body weight (%) 0.04 ± 0.0 0.03 ± 0.0 0.03 ± 0.0
Contractile property
TTP (ms) 56.5 ± 1.1 53.0 ± 6.5 51.4 ± 8.4
HRT (ms) 55.9 ± 12.2 72.5 ± 14.3 82.0 ± 15.5