Table 1 Animal, muscle, and defect weights.

From: The impact of bilateral injuries on the pathophysiology and functional outcomes of volumetric muscle loss

 

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

  1. Asterisks represent differences by paired t-tests between limbs: * = P < 0.05.
  2. Bold values indicates statistical significant P values (P < 0.05).