Table 5.

Cortical parameters analyzed by μCT at middle site in the fibula, femur, ulna and radius of 21-week-old female C57BL/6 mice that received no artificial loading, static (2.0 N) loading or static (2.0 N) plus dynamic (11.5 N) loading in the right tibia/fibula for 2 weeks.

	NOLOAD left	NOLOAD right	STATIC left	STATIC right	DYNAMIC + STATIC left	DYNAMIC + STATIC right
Fibula
Periosteally enclosed volume (mm3)	0.052 ± 0.002	0.052 ± 0.002	0.054 ± 0.002	0.051 ± 0.002	0.051 ± 0.001	0.070 ± 0.002⁎
Bone volume (mm3)	0.049 ± 0.002	0.049 ± 0.002	0.050 ± 0.001	0.048 ± 0.001	0.046 ± 0.001	0.067 ± 0.002⁎
Femur
Periosteally enclosed volume (mm3)	0.849 ± 0.015	0.849 ± 0.009	0.863 ± 0.007	0.866 ± 0.012	0.847 ± 0.014	0.867 ± 0.012
Bone volume (mm3)	0.412 ± 0.007	0.400 ± 0.004	0.414 ± 0.004	0.411 ± 0.006	0.407 ± 0.009	0.400 ± 0.006
Ulna
Periosteally enclosed volume (mm3)	0.145 ± 0.004	0.150 ± 0.004	0.149 ± 0.003	0.150 ± 0.004	0.154 ± 0.005	0.153 ± 0.005
Bone volume (mm3)	0.129 ± 0.002	0.129 ± 0.002	0.127 ± 0.002	0.127 ± 0.002	0.131 ± 0.003	0.129 ± 0.002
Radius
Periosteally enclosed volume (mm3)	0.153 ± 0.003	0.152 ± 0.003	0.156 ± 0.002	0.157 ± 0.003	0.156 ± 0.003	0.155 ± 0.002
Bone volume (mm3)	0.119 ± 0.001	0.119 ± 0.001	0.122 ± 0.001	0.122 ± 0.001	0.121 ± 0.003	0.121 ± 0.003

Mean ± SE (n = 7).

^⁎p < 0.05 versus left in the DYNAMIC + STATIC group by paired t-test.