Self-Repair of Rat Cortical Bone Microdamage after Fatigue Loading In Vivo

Figure 3

Parameters and mechanical properties of microcracks and absorptive spaces versus time. Specific values are listed in Table 1. (a) Average microcrack length (Cr.Le) and average number of microcracks (Cr.N), (b) microcrack surface density (Cr.S.Dn) and microcrack density (Cr.Dn), (c) peak load and modulus of elasticity, and (d) absorptive lacunar density. *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01.

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