The Effect of Strontium Ranelate on Fracture Healing: An Animal Study

Table 2

Comparison of biomechanical results between groups receiving StR and controls in forearms with and without osteotomy at 4 weeks after study initiation.

		Without osteotomy	Osteotomy		% (O/WO)
Force	Control			NS		0.010
	StR			0.003
		NS	NS
Energy	Control			NS		0.026
	StR			0.004
		0.016	NS
Moment	Control			NS		0.010
	StR			0.003
		NS	NS

The comparison of variables between groups at each leg (with and without osteotomy) was performed using the independent samples -test or the Mann-Whitney test in case of violation of normality. The paired samples -test was used for the comparison of the leg with and without osteotomy for each group. We calculated the variable in order to adjust our results to the normal leg. Comparison of the percentage ratio between the two groups was analyzed using the independent samples -test or Mann-Whitney test in case of violation of normality. Abbreviations: O: osteotomy; WO: without osteotomy; NS: nonsignificant.