Table 3.

Absolute, Relative, and Specific Tetanic Contractile Generating Capacity of Soleus (S), Plantaris (P), Gastrocnemius (G), and Tibialis Anterior (TA) Muscles of Male and Female Wt and +/G610C Control Mice

	Wt		+/G610C
	Males n = 9	Females n = 9	Males n = 8–9	Females n = 9–10
Absolute tetanic contractile generating capacity (Po[g])
S	13.94 ± 3.92	8.47 ± 2.65	11.91 ± 4.18	9.87 ± 2.74
P	47.96 ± 14.21	33.17 ± 6.56	39.63 ± 9.95	26.81 ± 8.09
G	113.5 ± 17.8	102.3 ± 16.5	107.8 ± 29.4	80.2 ± 16.0
TA	98.16 ± 12.86	79.00 ± 12.92	78.63 ± 20.78a	73.49 ± 9.84
Relative tetanic contractile generating capacity (Po/muscle wet weight [mg])
S	1.44 ± 0.43	1.25 ± 0.41	1.14 ± 0.60	1.36 ± 0.49
P	2.44 ± 0.77	2.37 ± 0.44	2.28 ± 0.79	2.03 ± 0.60
G	0.73 ± 0.09	0.94 ± 0.12	0.76 ± 0.23	0.83 ± 0.18
TA	1.77 ± 0.24	2.08 ± 0.33	1.56 ± 0.43	1.97 ± 0.33
Specific tetanic contractile generating capacity (Po/muscle cross-sectional area [μm])
S	0.012 ± 0.004	0.008 ± 0.003	0.012 ± 0.005	0.011 ± 0.004
P	0.034 ± 0.012	0.030 ± 0.007	0.033 ± 0.012	0.028 ± 0.012
G	0.066 ± 0.016	0.057 ± 0.007	0.070 ± 0.028	0.058 ± 0.013
TA	0.068 ± 0.019	0.063 ± 0.013	0.056 ± 0.011	0.062 ± 0.012

Values are means ± SD.

^ap ≤ 0.050 versus Wt.