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. 2010 May 21;81(3):396–401. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2010.483986

Table 4.

Mechanical parameters of lumbar vertebrae after the 10-week interventions. Values are mean (SD)

Group Maximum load
(N)
Displacement
(mm)
Stiffness
(N/mm)
Energy
(mJ)
Sham control 1212 (153) 1.32 (0.36) 1091 (167) 850 (177)
OVX 1041 (111) 1.46 (0.39) 949 (190) 810 (91)
MP 984 (161) a 1.28 (0.20) 838 (164) 696 (102)
OVX+MP 735 (87) c 1.18 (0.24) 653 (204) b 496 (73) b

a p <0.05),

b p <0.01), and

c p <0.001 compared to the sham control.