Temporal Changes of Microarchitectural and Mechanical Parameters of Cancellous Bone in the Osteoporotic Rabbit

Figure 2

BMD values of the lumbar vertebrae and femoral condyles. (a) BMD values of the vertebrae. (b) BMD values of the femoral condyles. Asterisks showed the statistically significant difference between OP group and sham group at the same time point. Significant reductions in BMD of (a) lumbar vertebrae at 4 weeks and (b) femoral condyles at 6 weeks were seen in the OP group. Transverse lines with asterisks above showed that BMD values of (b) femoral condyles in OP group were significantly different among 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and 8 weeks. .

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