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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biotechnol Bioeng. 2011 Dec 1;109(4):1051–1059. doi: 10.1002/bit.24382

Table II.

Muscle parameters following 14 days of reperfusion.

LGAS mass (mg) CSA (cm2) SPo (N/cm2)
Uninjured 1689 ± 47 1.35 ± 0.04 19.6 ± 0.5
Saline 1461 ± 55 1.20 ± 0.04 10.5 ± 0.8*
Bolus IGF-I 1491 ± 112 1.18 ± 0.10 10.5 ± 0.7*
PEG-Fib 1522 ± 93 1.12 ± 0.07 11.7 ± 1.0*
PEG-Fib-IGF 1643 ± 75 1.30 ± 0.06 14.8 ± 0.6*,**

LGAS, lateral gastrocnemius; CSA, cross-sectional area; SPo, specific tension.

Values indicated are mean ± SEM.

*

P <0.05 versus uninjured.

**

P <0.05 versus saline, bolus IGF-I, and PEG-Fib groups.