Table 2.

Comparison of the recovery rate of wet weight of gastrocnemius muscle, regenerated myelinated nerve fibers number, nerve fiber diameter, and the thickness of the myelin sheath in 3 groups ($\stackrel{-}{x}\pm s$, n = 15).

	Wet weight of gastrocnemius (%)		Nerve fibers number (%)		Nerve fiber diameter (%)		Thickness of the myelin sheath (%)
	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w
Group A	36.25 ± 4.22*	62.31 ± 3.96*	38.45 ± 6.28*	67.89 ± 11.87*	40.11 ± 4.32*	76.37 ± 9.38*	41.33 ± 4.58*	77.62 ± 7.98*
Group B	47.43 ± 6.43#	79.03 ± 5.66#	44.29 ± 7.52#	77.06 ± 11.54#	45.58 ± 4.87#	83.23 ± 6.32#	46.41 ± 4.35#	83.96 ± 8.31#
Group C	49.66 ± 6.48	80.43 ± 5.78	47.75 ± 5.98	81.25 ± 6.65	48.43 ± 5.76	87.87 ± 5.43	48.71 ± 6.65	87.56 ± 7.76

*Compared with groups B and C, P < 0.05; ^#compared with group C, P > 0.05.