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. 2008 Dec 15;178(12):1219–1226. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200702-296OC

TABLE 2.

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN DIAPHRAGM FORCE GENERATED AT DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES AND DIAPHRAGM MYOD AND MYOGENIN PROTEIN LEVELS AND CALPAIN ACTIVITY

Indirect Measure of Calpain Activity
Hz MyoD Protein Myogenin Protein Talin αII-Spectrin
50 r = 0.49 r = 0.48 r = −0.60 r = −0.48
P < 0.05 P < 0.05 P < 0.005 P < 0.05
80 r = 0.72 r = 0.68 r = −0.54 r = −0.40
P < 0.005 P < 0.001 P < 0.01 P < 0.05
120 r = 0.66 r = 0.68 r = −0.51 r = −0.46
P < 0.005 P < 0.005 P < 0.01 P < 0.05
160 r = 0.72 r = 0.73 r = −0.46 r = −0.54
P < 0.0005 P < 0.0005 P < 0.05 P < 0.005