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Table IV.
Parameters for bone biomechanics of the excised right femur from sham and OVX control animals as well as OVX rats fed with L. rhamnosus HN001 for 12 weeks. Values are given as mean (SEM).
| Experimental group | Max |
Break |
Energy (J) | Width of bone (mm) | Thickness of bone (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load (N) | Stroke (mm) | Load (N) | Stress (N·mm−2) | Stroke (mm) | Elastic (N·mm−2) | ||||
| Sham (n = 10) | 235.22 | 1.68 | 223.7 | 131.04 | 1.65 | 1038.93 | 0.208 | 3.78 | 3.25 |
| (14.76) | (0.06) | (10.7) | (7.52) | (0.05) | (69.04) | (0.018) | (0.06) | (0.07) | |
| OVX (n = 15) | 210.85 | 1.56 | 210.8 | 114.58 | 1.56 | 987.23 | 0.177 | 3.87 | 3.28 |
| (8.74) | (0.06) | (8.7) | (5.49) | (0.06) | (65.19) | (0.012) | (0.07) | (0.06) | |
| OVX + HN001 (n = 15) | 226.74 | 1.68 | 224.1 | 111.47 | 1.69 | 861.98 | 0.201 | 3.95 | 3.42 |
| (8.91) | (0.05) | (9.0) | (7.86) | (0.05) | (72.27) | (0.012) | (0.06) | (0.06) | |