Table 4.
Means (± standard deviations) and significance tests for differences in architectural estimates normalized for sarcomere length between occluded and gaped sides.1
| M. fascicularis | M. mulatta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measurements | Occluded side | Gaped side | %Change | P-value | Occluded side | Gaped side | %Change | P-value |
| Superficial Masseter | ||||||||
| Anterior NLf (mm) | 11.2±0.9 | 12.2±2.3 | 9.0 | 0.340 | 22.8±3.9 | 26.3±5.3 | 15.3 | 0.052 |
| Posterior NLf (mm) | 10.3±0.8 | 12.0±0.9 | 16.7 | 0.087 | 14.1±3.1 | 13.8±1.7 | 2.6 | 0.700 |
| NPCSA (cm2) | 3.4±0.8 | 3.2±0.5 | 6.7 | 0.541 | 6.3±1.4 | 5.8±0.9 | 7.8 | 0.574 |
| Temporalis | ||||||||
| Anterior NLf (mm) | 13.2±0.5 | 13.9±2.7 | 5.3 | 0.660 | 31.2±3.5 | 30.3±3.9 | 3.3 | 0.620 |
| Posterior NLf (mm) | 14.4±2.9 | 14.3±1.2 | 1.2 | 0.921 | 32.3±8.8 | 34.1±6.8 | 5.1 | 0.700 |
| NPCSA (cm2) | 8.5±0.8 | 8.5±1.5 | 0.6 | 0.956 | 14.0±2.6 | 14.2±3.1 | 1.4 | 0.679 |
1
%Change represents the % increase in fiber length, and the % decrease in PCSA, in the gaped compared with the occluded sides.