Table 2. Type I and II muscle fibres cross-sectional area (fCSA), myonuclear number and domain size at the first (T1), third (T2) and tenth (T3) weeks of resistance training.
Fibres | T1 | T2 | T3 | |
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fCSA per fibre (μm2) | Type I | 4175 ± 553 | 4024 ± 727 | 4424 ± 582 |
Type II | 4643 ± 390 | 4537 ± 789 | 5304 ± 695 * | |
Myonuclear number per fibre | Type I | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 2.7 ± 0.4 |
Type II | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | |
Myonuclear domain size per fibre (μm2) | Type I | 1505 ± 184 | 1356 ± 393 | 1578 ± 265 |
Type II | 1476 ± 350 | 1391 ± 373 | 1621 ± 318 |
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
*Significantly different from T1 (P = 0.025) and T2 (P = 0.035).