Effect of Intermittent Low-Frequency Electrical Stimulation on the Rat Gastrocnemius Muscle

Table 1

Physiological characteristics after six sessions of training employing low- and high-electrical frequencies.

	HFS	LFS
Body weight (g)	366.36±22.17 **	362.31±12.36^∗∗∗
Medial gastrocnemius wet weight (mg)
T	887.10±20.77	883.92±37.50
UT	832.02±35.54^∗∗	823.08±37.48^∗∗∗
Medial gastrocnemius wet weight/Body weight
T	2.43±0.13	2.44±0.09
UT	2.28±0.11	2.27±0.05
% increase of muscle wet weight; (T versus UT)	6.78±5.14^∗∗	7.44±3.07^∗
% increase of myofibrillar protein content; (T versus UT)	21.67±13.62	23.80±15.89

HFS: high-frequency electrical stimulation, LFS: low-frequency electrical stimulation, T: trained leg, and UT: untrained leg. Values are mean ± SD. *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, ***𝑃<0.001 versus UT.