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Under this classification scheme, fibers are characterized as follows: type I fibers are slow-twitch with a high oxidative capacity; type IIa fibers are fast-twitch with a high oxidative and glycolytic capacity; type IIb fibers are fast-twitch with a low oxidative and a high glycolytic capacity; and type IId/x fibers (common in small mammals) are fast-twitch with a metabolic profile intermediate to that of IIa and IIb fibers [ 17 ] .
Based upon histochemical staining (Engel 1962), muscle fibers are now commonly distinguished as slow-twitch (ST), which stain dark or red, and fast-twitch (FT), which stain light or pale.
[ 33 ] for example, have noted that whereas chronically stimulated rabbit fast-twitch muscle results in appreciable increases in slow myosin isoforms, chronic stimulation of rat muscle tends to bring about shifts toward the slower types among the type II isoforms.