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Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Res. 2019 Dec 4;98(5):843–868. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24564

Table 2.

Body mass and muscle mass from animals in preliminary muscle study after sham surgery (T₉ laminectomy) or spinal cord injury (SCI) alone or in combination with bodyweight-supported treadmill training (SCI+TM).

	SHAM (a) N=11	SCI (b) N=10	SCI+TM (c) N=11
BODY MASS
Pre-surgery, g	509 ± 24	523 ± 19	520 ± 25
Δ at sacrifice, g	43 ± 17 ^†,b^,c	−29 ± 25 ^†,a*	−11 ± 31 ^a*
TRICEPS SURAE MASS AT SACRIFICE
Absolute, g	3.43 ± 0.19 ^b^,c	2.63 ± 0.44 ^a**	2.82 ± 0.34 ^a**
Relative, % body mass	0.62 ± 0.04 ^b*^,c	0.53 ± 0.07 ^a**	0.55 ± 0.05 ^a*
SOLEUS MASS AT SACRIFICE
Absolute, g	0.24 ± 0.03 ^b^,c	0.14 ± 0.03 ^a**	0.15 ± 0.03 ^a**
Relative, % body mass	0.044 ± 0.006 ^b^,c	0.028 ± 0.006 ^a**	0.030 ± 0.006 ^a**
GASTROCNEMIUS MASS AT SACRIFICE
Absolute, g	2.67 ± 0.16 ^b ^,c	2.09 ± 0.34 ^a**	2.23 ± 0.27 ^a**
Relative, % body mass	0.485 ± 0.028 ^b*^,c	0.422 ± 0.053 ^a**	0.438 ± 0.042 ^a*
PLANTARIS MASS AT SACRIFICE
Absolute, g	0.52 ± 0.03 ^b^,c	0.40 ± 0.08 ^a*	0.44 ± 0.06 ^a*
Relative, % body mass	0.094 ± 0.006 ^b*	0.081 ± 0.013 ^a*	0.086 ± 0.011

Values are means ± SD. †Indicates different than pre-surgery. Letters indicate differences vs respectively labeled groups at p<0.05, *p<0.01, or **p<0.001 (a = vs SHAM, b = vs SCI, c = vs SCI+TM).