The Effects of Antioxidants and Pulsed Magnetic Fields on Slow and Fast Skeletal Muscle Atrophy Induced by Streptozotocin: A Preclinical Study

Figure 2

Schematic presentation of the experimental groups. The rats were categorized as either healthy or diabetic at the beginning of the study. The healthy rats formed the control group and received a single dose of 0.1-molar cold citrate buffer. On the other hand, the diabetic rats were divided into two groups, diabetic control and treatment groups, after experimental diabetes was induced by administering 45 mg/kg/ml streptozotocin (STZ). The 5-week experimental period was regularly followed throughout the study. Treadmill tests were conducted with a randomly selected subset of 5 animals from each group. The performance of animals in both the control and treatment groups was evaluated in terms of fatigue duration and distance covered.