Table 2.

Body mass and plantaris muscle parameters

	Sham/Control	Surgical	P Value
Body mass, g	212±14.9	222±20.5	0.699
Left plantaris mass, g	0.290±0.0186	0.433±0.0348	0.003
Right plantaris mass, g	0.287±0.0191	0.452±0.0284	0.000
Average (left/right) plantaris mass, g	0.289±0.0128	0.442±0.0216	0.001
Plantaris mass body mass, g muscle/g	1.403±0.154	1.992±0.125	0.009
Total protein, μg/mg muscle	252.83±9.774	212.98±15.969	0.050
Myofibrillar protein, μg/mg muscle	46.11±3.907	43.06±1.724	0.516
DNA content, ng/mg muscle	1.725±0.1040	2.202±0.1506	0.022
RNA content, μg/mg muscle	0.491±0.0472	0.566±0.0655	0.363
Citrate synthase activity, units/protein	0.833±0.0588	0.721±0.0503	0.169

Values are means ± SE.