Table 1. Treadmill exercise conditions (slope, and speed) and number of rats in each testing group. In bold, are the target speeds (15, 25 and 35 cm/sec) and the number of rats that managed to perform the exercise at the different speeds.
|
SLOPE (%) |
+15% |
0% |
-15% |
-30% |
SPEED (cm·sec-1) |
15 |
14 |
5 |
15 |
10 |
20 |
11 |
5 |
15 |
10 |
25 |
11 |
5 |
15 |
10 |
30 |
10 |
5 |
15 |
6 |
35 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
40 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
45 |
- |
4 |
2 |
3 |
50 |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |