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Table 1 Body and left hindlimb muscle weights

From: Electrical stimulation modulates Wnt signaling and regulates genes for the motor endplate and calcium binding in muscle of rats with spinal cord transection

Treatment

Number of animals

Pre Op weight (g)

Final weight (g)

Left soleus (g/g)

Left plantaris (g/g)

SHAM-SCI

13

232.9 ± 9.5

238.0 ± 14.5

0.049 ± 0.005

0.100 ± 0.017

SCI

8

241.5 ± 13.7

254.3 ± 23.6a

0.028 ± 0.009a

0.057 ± 0.014a

1 day ES

5

231.4 ± 10.2

259.9 ± 22.1

0.035 ± 0.009a

0.049 ± 0.006a

3 Day ES

4

227 ± 7.2

255.3 ± 8.9

0.037 ± 0.005a

0.074 ± 0.011a

7 Day ES

5

240.4 ± 11.3

259.0 ± 29.6a

0.032 ± 0.003a

0.072 ± 0.012a

1 Day GA

8

253.8 ± 18.3

251.90 ± 20.0

0.050 ± 0.005

0.090 ± 0.012

1 Day Sham GA

7

260.1 ± 16.7

256.7 ± 16.0

0.047 ± 0.003

0.087 ± 0.013

3 Day GA

8

279.1 ± 20.7

273.3 ± 18.1

0.051 ± 0.006

0.090 ± 0.006b

3 Day Sham GA

8

282.5 ± 22.0

275.8 ± 21.7

0.048 ± 0.009

0.081 ± 0.005

7 Day GA

8

268.0 ± 12.5

259.0 ± 12.3

0.055 ± 0.009b

0.089 ± 0.015

7 Day Sham GA

8

279.5 ± 23.3

277.0 ± 19.8

0.043 ± 0.004

0.081 ± 0.005

  1. Muscle weights are normalized relative to preoperative body weights and are shown as mean ± SEM. a p <0.05 versus Sham-SCI. b p < 0.05 versus the Sham-GA group at the same time point. Abbreviations: SCI spinal cord injured, ES electrical stimulation, GA gastrocnemius ablation, Op operative.