Table 1.
Body, heart and hindlimb muscle mass
| Groups | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water only | W-Ex | (–)-Epi only | (–)-Epi-Ex | |||||
| n = 6 | n = 7 | n = 5 | n = 7 | |||||
| Day 0 | Day 15 | Day 0 | Day 15 | Day 0 | Day 15 | Day 0 | Day 15 | |
| Body mass (g) | 31.8 ± 0.8 | 32.3 ± 0.9 | 32.8 ± 0.7 | 32.4 ± 0.9 | 32.9 ± 0.9 | 32.3 ± 1.0 | 32.6 ± 0.8 | 33.1 ± 0.9 |
| Heart mass (mg) | — | 136.7 ± 6.6 | — | 151.3 ± 7.7 | — | 138.6 ± 3.8 | — | 142.2 ± 4.5 |
| Heart/body mass (mg g−1) | — | 4.30 ± 0.06 | — | 4.66 ± 0.21 | — | 4.29 ± 0.06 | — | 4.33 ± 0.21 |
| Quadriceps femoris mass (mg) | — | 169.4 ± 8.9 | — | 165.3 ± 8.5 | — | 168.3 ± 8.7 | — | 171.1 ± 5.2 |
| Quadriceps femoris/body mass (mg g−1) | — | 5.30 ± 0.39 | — | 5.09 ± 0.23 | — | 5.23 ± 0.31 | — | 5.20 ± 0.21 |
| Gastrocnemius mass | — | 109.9 ± 5.6 | — | 123.0 ± 3.4 | — | 111.7 ± 2.8 | — | 119.8 ± 3.2 |
| Gastrocnemius/body mass (mg g−1) | — | 3.42 ± 0.16 | — | 3.79 ± 0.05 | — | 3.46 ± 0.09 | — | 3.63 ± 0.09 |
| Plantaris (mg) | — | 16.4 ± 0.6 | — | 15.5 ± 1.3 | — | 17.9 ± 0.3 | — | 16.1 ± 1.1 |
| Plantaris/body mass (mg g−1) | — | 0.51 ± 0.03 | — | 0.48 ± 0.04 | — | 0.55 ± 0.02 | — | 0.49 ± 0.03 |
The data are means ± SEM. There was no significant difference (P > 0.05) between groups for any of the indices.