Table 1.
Muscle Mass (mg) | Muscle Mass/B.W.* (mg/g) | Twitch Tension (g) | Specific Tension** (g/mg) | Specific Tension/B.W.¶ (g/mg/B.W.) | ||||||
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Contra | Immob | Contra | Immob | Contra | Immob | Contra | Immob | Contra | Immob | |
Mean | 52.1 | 40.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 42.9 | 34.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 23.7 | 24.8 |
S.E. | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
P Value ≤ | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
Contra And Immob are Contralateral and Immobilized sides of the same animals.
Muscle Mass/B.W. is the muscle mass normalized to body weight.
Specific Tension is tension per gram muscle weight.
Specific Tension/B.W. is the tension per gram muscle weight normalized to body weight.