Table 2.

Mass of several muscles of the cat lower hindlimb following right sided PLANT‐to‐TA tendon transfer

	TT group			TT‐N group
Mass (g)	Right	Left	T‐test (one‐tail)	Right	Left	T‐test (one‐tail)
PLANT	4.9 ± 2.4	7.2 ± 0.7	P = 0.050	3.6 ± 1.0	7.3 ± 0.4	P = 0.002
G	23.1 ± 2.5	23.1 ± 2.9	P = 0.467	24.6 ± 0.3	22.7 ± 1.1	P = 0.015
SOL	4.0 ± 0.5	3.7 ± 0.3	P = 0.032	4.1 ± 0.9	3.9 ± 0.6	P = 0.157
FHL	5.2 ± 0.6	5.3 ± 1.0	P = 0.234	5.0 ± 0.4	5.0 ± 0.2	P = 0.310
TA	3.2 ± 1.1	5.8 ± 0.7	P = 0.018	2.3 ± 0.6	6.2 ± 0.4	P < 0.001
EDL	3.6 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 0.3	P = 0.033	3.2 ± 0.2	3.7 ± 0.4	P = 0.034

The TA muscle was partly resected in four cats (TT group) and in the other four cats the nerve to the TA and EDL was additionally transected during the transfer surgery (TT‐N group).

PLANT, plantaris; G, gastrocnemius; SOL, soleus; FHL, flexor hallucis longus; TA, tibialis anterior; EDL, extensor digitorum longus.