Table 1.
Intervention-induced adaptations.
| Distance Run (km/d) |
Pre- intervention body weight (g) |
Post- intervention body weight (g) |
Body weight change (%) |
Forced exercise time- to-fatigue (minutes) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment 1: | |||||
| Young Adult Mice | |||||
| Voluntary Wheel | 6.91 ± 0.25 | 24.72 ± 0.56 | 24.58 ± 0.38 | 0.09 ± 1.9a | 58.5 ± 2.7a |
| Standard | ----- | 24.92 ± 0.23 | 26.45 ± 0.24 | 6.11 ± 0.47 | 47.29 ± 2.86 |
| Experiment 2: | |||||
| Aged Mice | |||||
| Voluntary Wheel | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 33.07 ± 0.42 | 32.22 ± 0.49 | −1.43 ± 1.20b | 75.7 ± 8.50b |
| Standard | ----- | 33.23 ± 0.50 | 33.30 ± 0.29 | 1.35 ± 0.77 | 33.34 ± 2.58 |
Mean ± SEM; n=9–10/group
Significantly (p < 0.05) reduced compared to Young Adult Standard housing conditions.
Significantly (p < 0.05) reduced compared to Aged Standard housing conditions.