Table 1 Summary of skeletal muscle conductivity values reported at 50 kHz.

From: Permittivity of ex vivo healthy and diseased murine skeletal muscle from 10 kHz to 1 MHz

 

Model

(strain)

Time point

Muscle

Direction

Conductivity

(S m−1)

Li et al.30

WT (C57Bl/6N)

10 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.5

T

0.15

ALS (SOD1*G93A)

18 weeks

L

0.5

T

0.3

MDX (10ScSn-DMDmdx/J)

10 weeks

L

0.7

T

0.4

Epstein et al.31

WT (n.a.)

n.a.

Canine adductor magnus et brevis

L

0.7

T

0.1

Sanchez et al.43

WT (Wistar)

14 weeks

Rat gastrocnemius

L

0.6

T

0.25

Rush et al.46

WT (Mongrel)

14–30 kg

Canine longissimus dorsi, spinalis dorsi et cervicis

L

0.35–0.81

T

0.04–0.1

Ahad et al.47

WT (Wistar)

140–160 g

Rat immature gastrocnemius

L

0.44 ± 0.04

T

0.12 ± 0.01

420–480 g

Rat mature gastrocnemius

L

0.38 ± 0.02

T

0.15 ± 0.01

ALS (SOD1*G93A)

8 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.23 ± 0.05

T

0.11 ± 0.03

18 weeks

L

0.11 ± 0.02

T

0.10 ± 0.01

D2-mdx (DBA/2-congenic)

6 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.36 ± 0.03

T

0.24 ± 0.03

10 weeks

L

0.37 ± 0.04

T

0.25 ± 0.01

13 weeks

L

0.42 ± 0.03

T

0.33 ± 0.02

43 weeks

L

0.17 ± 0.01

T

0.11 ± 0.01

This work

WT for D2-mdx (DBA/2J)

6 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.28 ± 0.02

T

0.17 ± 0.01

13 weeks

L

0.31 ± 0.04

T

0.26 ± 0.03

43 weeks

L

0.27 ± 0.02

T

0.13 ± 0.01

SMA (Smn 2B/2B-Neo)

40 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.16 ± 0.02

T

0.06 ± 0.01

DB/DB (BKS.Cg-Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/J)

6 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.31 ± 0.04

T

0.20 ± 0.04

20 weeks

L

0.21 ± 0.01

T

0.09 ± 0.02

WT for DB/DB (C57BLKS/J)

6 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.34 ± 0.02

T

0.20 ± 0.03

20 weeks

L

0.33 ± 0.01

T

0.14 ± 0.02

Mice (C57BL/6J) treated with ActRIIB-m Fc

14 weeks

Mouse gastrocnemius

L

0.34 ± 0.06

T

0.26 ± 0.02

  1. Abbreviations: L, longitudinal; T, transverse; n.a., not available.