Table 1 Animal, muscle, and defect weights.
|  | Unilateral (n = 7) | Unilateral + MMG (n = 8) | Bilateral (n = 8) | Bilateral + MMG (n = 9) | 2-way ANOVA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SEM | Main effects (P value) | ||||||||||
VML | Sham | VML + MMG | Sham | VML | VML | VML + MMG | VML | Treatment | # of Injuries | Interaction | |
Surgery weight (g) | 368.00 ± 5.44 | 364.25 ± 7.48 | 356.88 ± 3.80 | 369.22 ± 7.00 | 0.626 | 0.498 | 0.209 | ||||
Sac weight (g) | 434.43 ± 4.44 | 430.38 ± 10.67 | 414.25 ± 6.62 | 432.89 ± 8.95 | 0.298 | 0.389 | 0.184 | ||||
Weight change (g) | 66.43 ± 4.82 | 66.13 ± 6.73 | 57.38 ± 4.32 | 63.33 ± 3.59 | 0.243 | 0.574 | 0.534 | ||||
TA weight (g) | 0.53 ± 0.04* | 0.77 ± 0.02 | 0.62 ± 0.01* | 0.75 ± 0.02 | 0.58 ± 0.04 | 0.57 ± 0.04 | 0.69 ± 0.04* | 0.59 ± 0.02 | 0.093 | 0.004 | 0.700 |
EDL (g) | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.100 | 0.211 | 0.417 |
|  | Mean ± SEM | Ordinary one-way ANOVA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VML | Sham | VML + MMG | Sham | VML | VML | VML + MMG | VML | F | P value | |
Defect weight (mg) | 87.00 ± 6.73 | - | 79.75 ± 4.40 | - | 85.25 ± 5.46 | 87.38 ± 6.20 | 87.67 ± 3.18 | 93.11 ± 4.99 | 0.724 | 0.609 |