Table 1. Body and hind limb skeletal muscle mass in control and trained rats, evaluated at the time of sacrifice.

Group	Control (n= 6)		Trained (n=6)		t-test
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	(control vs
					trained)
Body mass (BM) (g)	572.21	56.1	514.45	39.3	0.000
EDL mass (EM) (g)*	0.249	0.033	0.244	0.023	0.403
Right EM/BM*100	0.044	0.004	0.047	0.004	0.003
Gastrocnemius mass (GM) (g)*	3.437	0.436	3.325	0.311	0.165
Right GM/BM*100	0.596	0.080	0.641	0.046	0.025

EDL, extensor digitorum longum;

^*the mass of the EDL and the gastrocnemius from left and right limbs was averaged.