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. 2015 Feb 10;7:ecurrents.md.28266819ca0ec5fefcac767ea9a3461c. [Version 1] doi: 10.1371/currents.md.28266819ca0ec5fefcac767ea9a3461c

Table 2. Contractile properties of FVB versus BL10 limb muscles .

a, values are from the Duan lab studies

b, values are from 4-m-old BL6 mice

FVB
(3 to 6-m-old)		 BL10
(2 to 8-m-old)		 References
Extensor digitorum longus
Specific twitch force (mN/mm2) 34.8±1.7 to 40.8±1.5 33.2±1.8a to 46.5±3.7a 26, 27, 28
Specific tetanic force (mN/mm2) 189.0±8.7 to 202.0±3.4 185.4±5.7a to 245.0±1.4a 26, 27, 28
Percent force decrease following 10 cycles of eccentric contractions 26.9±2.0 to 28.1±1.5 26.8±0.25a to 32.0±3.2a 26, 27
Tibialis anterior
Specific twitch force (mN/mm2) 67.7±3.6 to 75.3±3.7 41.7±1.6b 31
Specific tetanic force (mN/mm2) 241.9±8.2 to 255.0±7.0 ~225 to 268.5±4.0b 12, 29, 30, 31
Percent force decrease following 10 cycles of eccentric contractions 39.0±1.9 to 44.2±1.9 23.8±3.6b 31