Research Article

Skeletal Effects of the Saturated 3-Thia Fatty Acid Tetradecylthioacetic Acid in Rats

Table 3

Mechanical properties of femoral neck and shaft after four months of treatment with TTA (Study I).

Group CTR
(controls given vehicle)
( š‘ = 1 2 )
TTA
(given TTA) ( š‘ = 1 2 )

Ultimate bending moment (Nm)
ā€ƒFemoral neck 5 0 . 8 Ā± 5 . 1 7 4 9 . 3 Ā± 8 . 8 6
ā€ƒFemoral shaft 4 8 . 3 Ā± 3 . 4 1 4 5 . 3 Ā± 4 . 0 1
Energy absorption ( J Ɨ 1 0 āˆ’ 2 )
ā€ƒFemoral neck 1 1 9 Ā± 1 2 . 0 1 1 9 Ā± 1 6 . 0
ā€ƒFemoral shaft 1 1 2 Ā± 8 . 0 0 1 0 6 Ā± 9 . 0 0
Bending stiffness ( N m / āˆ˜ Ɨ 1 0 āˆ’ 3 )
ā€ƒFemoral neck 0 . 7 8 Ā± 0 . 1 0 0 . 7 5 Ā± 0 . 1 1
ā€ƒFemoral shaft 1 . 0 5 Ā± 0 . 1 8 1 . 0 4 Ā± 0 . 1 4