Table 1.

Table 1. Selected parameters following MG-132 treatment. Mdx animals were injected with 10 ug/kg/day MG-132 ip for eight days or 6 weeks. * indicates significantly different from control (p<0.05). # indicates significantly different from MG-132 8 Day (p<0.05). Data is shown as mean ± SEM.

	mdx Control	mdx MG-132 8 day	mdx MG-132 6 week
Body Mass (g)	28.9 ± 0.6	31.3 ± 1.1	29.9 ± 1.0
EDL Mass (mg)	12.8 ± 0.2	14.7 ± 0.5*	12.3 ± 0.8#
EDL Mass/Body Mass (mg/g)	0.453 ± 0.01	0.474 ± 0.02	0.418 ± 0.03
Tetanic Force (mN)	406.8 ± 12.3	455.8 ± 17.0	373.1 ± 22.4#
CSA (mm2)	2.24 ± 0.04	2.55 ± 0.09*	2.00 ± 0.10*#
Specific Tension (mN/cm2)	18.1 ± 0.6	17.9 ± 0.7	18.7 ± 1.0
ECC Force Decrement (%)	-25.4 ± 2.5	-43.2 ± 4.7*	-28.2 ± 3.5#