Table 1.

Peak applied compressive loads and resulting peak mid-diaphyseal strains on the medial tibia and peak proximal metaphyseal cancellous tissue strains.

Experimental Group	Applied Load (N)	Mid-diaphyseal Strains (με)b	Cancellous Tissue Strains (με)c
Growinga	−11.5±0.3	+1200	−2437±155
Load-Matched	−11.3±0.5	+2200	−2130±273
Strain-Matched	−5.9±0.5	+1200	−1178±109

^a10wk female mice undergoing 2wks in vivo loading [24]

^bDetermined by in vivo strain gauging at the medial mid-diaphysis

^cDetermined by finite element modeling of the proximal metaphysis in control limbs.

Data represented as mean ± SD where appropriate.