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. 2006 Jun;208(6):743–751. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00562.x

Table 2.

Mean and SD of individual fibre type proportions (%) in the masseter and digastric for weeks 1, 4, 8, 14, and 20. For each age group: n = 4

Week 1 Week 4 Week 8 Week 14 Week 20





Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Masseter fibre type
  IIA/IIA + IIX 81.42 12.26 61.97 5.56 39.17 12.96 56.51 9.45 73.26 5.49
  IIX 8.05 13.22 0.20 0.18 0.06 0.11 5.62 7.12 1.55 2.88
  I 0.47 0.40 0.43 0.20 0.58 0.42 0.61 0.92 0.34 0.28
  Cardiac α 0.92 0.78 9.93 3.82 28.96 18.96 10.37 8.48 6.57 4.28
  Cardiac α + I 5.44 2.26 11.58 2.49 17.08 11.78 16.69 5.50 14.07 2.72
  I + IIA 0.44 0.51 0.70 0.42 0.70 1.19 0.78 1.46 0.04 0.09
  I + IIX 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  Cardiac α + IIA 2.70 2.67 14.64 6.48 12.79 4.49 8.10 6.86 4.06 2.49
  Cardiac α + IIX 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  Cardiac α + I + IIA 0.53 0.45 0.52 0.51 0.66 0.80 1.31 1.78 0.11 0.17
Digastric fibre type
  IIA/IIA + IIX 93.78 2.12 85.05 2.15 73.75 2.67 69.06 4.79 73.07 4.44
  IIX 0.29 0.29 0.91 1.82 1.77 3.54 3.15 4.20 0.72 0.81
  I 0.10 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.32 2.46 1.80 5.66 0.86
  Cardiac α 0.17 0.33 0.06 0.11 0.07 0.08 0.29 0.21 0.04 0.08
  Cardiac α + I 5.11 1.45 6.08 2.32 18.28 2.54 21.97 2.78 20.12 4.24
  I + IIA 0.00 0.00 1.07 0.84 0.28 0.57 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.08
  I + IIX 0.03 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  Cardiac α + IIA 0.07 0.09 2.76 2.18 2.73 0.41 2.02 0.89 0.21 0.20
  Cardiac α + IIX 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  Cardiac α + I + IIA 0.45 0.52 3.86 1.53 2.75 1.93 0.98 0.56 0.15 0.30