Exercise training associated with its mimetics causes the best improvements on functional capacity in mdx mice.

<p>Grip force (A), time until fall in the Rotarod evaluation (B) and time until exhaustion in the treadmill test (C) after one month of vehicle solution (V), exercise mimetics (EM), exercise training (ET) and EM+ET. The number of animals in each group is shown in parentheses and the data are presented as mean ± SE. *P<0.05 versus vehicle group (V) after two-way ANOVA and Duncan post-hoc test.