Table 2.
Characteristics of myogenicity and differentiation of the satellite cell populations isolated from the seven women after trekking in the Abruzzo hills (central Italy).
| Subject | PRE-exercise | POST-exercise | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | %Desmin+ | Fusion Index (%) | %Desmin+ unfused | %Desmin+ | Fusion Index (%) | %Desmin+ unfused |
| #1 | 68.5 | 38.0 | 75.0 | 70.5 | 33.3 | 75.8 |
| #2 | 66.0 | 23.3 | 73.9 | 77.3 | 60.2 | 22.4 |
| #3 | 76.2 | 28.2 | 91.3 | 87.0 | 30.0 | 87.0 |
| #4 | 90.4 | 14.6 | 82.1 | 88.8 | 67.9 | 28.5 |
| #5 | 70.0 | 19.8 | 71.8 | 46.7 | 44.5 | 37.2 |
| #6 | 67.0 | 23.5 | 58.4 | 34.5 | 42.6 | 25.7 |
| #7 | 48.1 | 18.0 | 49.2 | – | – | – |
POST-Exercise Fusion Index differs significantly from the PRE-Exercise Fusion Index (p < 0.05, one tailed); POST-Exercise %Desmin+ unfused differs significantly from the PRE-Exercise %Desmin+ unfused (p < 0.05, one tailed).