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. 2013 Dec 18;20(3-4):705–715. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0761

Table 1.

TA Muscle In Vivo Functional Capacity Twelve Weeks Postinjury

  Uninjured     TEMR
  Unoperated Sham/Ablation No repair BAM Negative Positive
Sample size (n) 8 6 4 7 7 6
Body Wt. (g) 243±7 252±13 254±18 241±9 259±7 243±7
TA muscle wet Wt. (mg) 423±16a 446±36a 342±28b 386±14a,b 356±6b 390±14a,b
Peak tetanic isometric torque
 Nmm/kg body wt 107.9±4.0a 87.5±8.9b 60.9±2.1c 67.9±2.9c 56.1±3.4c 77.1±1.7b
 % Deficit   19* 30 22 36 12
 Nmm/g TA wet wt. 49.9±1.9a,# 49.4±3.8a 45.3±2.3a,b 41.7±2.2b 40.7±2.3b 48.2±1.0a

Values are mean±SEM. Values denoted with the same letter are not significantly different (p>0.05), while values without a like letter denotation are significantly different (p<0.05).

*

Deficit calculated from unoperated. Deficit calculated from sham/ablation. #Unoperated values were normalized to the wet weight of all anterior crural muscles.

BAM, bladder acellular matrix; TA, tibialis anterior; TEMR, tissue engineered muscle repair.