Table 3.

Maximum strains, strain gradients and longitudinal strain rates for each group and bone subsection

			Bone subsection
	Units	Group	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tensile strain	µɛ	Small	385 ± 106	443 ± 133	330 ± 74	227 ± 39	162 ± 18	221 ± 37	206 ± 52	235 ± 47
		Intermediate	530 ± 135	479 ± 212	449 ± 176	329 ± 104	181 ± 23	268 ± 65	347 ± 77	405 ± 76
		Adult	3261 ± 221	3296 ± 175	1235 ± 67	*	*	*	*	559 ± 88
Compressive strain	µɛ	Small	−328 ± 60	−291 ± 42	−351 ± 66	−465 ± 54	−658 ± 93	−801 ± 130	−596 ± 116	−460 ± 108
		Intermediate	−1040 ± 440	−713 ± 245	−566 ± 179	−615 ± 155	−811 ± 226	−1171 ± 141	−1213 ± 167	−1210 ± 319
		Adult	*	*	*	−656 ± 55	−2819 ± 128	−3500 ± 113	−1152 ± 69	*
Strain range	µɛ	Small	712 ± 93	733 ± 140	681 ± 122	691 ± 84	820 ± 103	1012 ± 141	803 ± 143	695 ± 113
		Intermediate	1570 ± 316	1192 ± 78	1015 ± 244	944 ± 257	992 ± 241	1439 ± 205	1560 ± 186	1614 ± 303
		Adult	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Radial gradient	µɛ mm−1	Small	171 ± 36	172 ± 34	139 ± 20	132 ± 28	172 ± 36	173 ± 34	139 ± 20	133 ± 28
		Intermediate	200 ± 33	267 ± 26	275 ± 24	178 ± 55	200 ± 33	266 ± 26	276 ± 25	178 ± 55
		Adult	619 ± 59	691 ± 58	357 ± 24	185 ± 27	619 ± 59	689 ± 59	360 ± 23	184 ± 28
Circumferential gradient	µɛ mm−1	Small	185 ± 36	148 ± 21	141 ± 36	164 ± 35	187 ± 35	146 ± 22	143 ± 36	163 ± 34
		Intermediate	238 ± 43	231 ± 41	193 ± 27	187 ± 48	237 ± 55	211 ± 55	200 ± 22	188 ± 35
		Adult	614 ± 58	450 ± 47	709 ± 64	729 ± 62	610 ± 46	486 ± 60	701 ± 64	726 ± 64
Longitudinal strain rate	ɛ s−1	Small	0.040 ± 0.013	0.025 ± 0.011	0.009 ± 0.004	0.010 ± 0.002	0.017 ± 0.005	0.012 ± 0.004	0.021 ± 0.005	0.032 ± 0.009
		Intermediate	0.102 ± 0.025	0.077 ± 0.021	0.031 ± 0.013	0.012 ± 0.003	0.028 ± 0.001	0.022 ± 0.003	0.039 ± 0.006	0.069 ± 0.015
		Adult	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Values shown are mean ± SE.

Small: n = 6; intermediate: n = 3; adult: n = 5.

^*No data for the adult goats as strain distributions could only be reconstructed for a single time point.

Bone subsection numbers 1–8 correspond to the subsection numbers in Fig. 1.