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. 2016 Jan 28;2016:4927035. doi: 10.1155/2016/4927035

Table 2.

Bone mineral density (BMD) of each group before and after treatment (g/cm2).

Groups Part
Head Upper limb Femur Trunk Rib Pelvis Spine Whole body
Control group Prior to treatment 0.237 ± 0.010 0.153 ± 0.032 0.142 ± 0.011 0.125 ± 0.009 0.113 ± 0.006 0.132 ± 0.017 0.132 ± 0.008 0.149 ± 0.005
Posttreatment 0.243 ± 0.016 0.144 ± 0.026 0.156 ± 0.012#O 0.125 ± 0.008# 0.110 ± 0.007# 0.134 ± 0.017# 0.137 ± 0.009# 0.153 ± 0.007#

GIOP group Prior to treatment 0.225 ± 0.015 0.131 ± 0.031 0.127 ± 0.008 0.110 ± 0.007 0.099 ± 0.012 0.113 ± 0.013 0.108 ± 0.010 0.132 ± 0.004
Posttreatment 0.235 ± 0.021 0.123 ± 0.032 0.132 ± 0.011 0.114 ± 0.007 0.102 ± 0.007 0.117 ± 0.016 0.111 ± 0.015 0.135 ± 0.009

Calcium group Prior to treatment 0.221 ± 0.010 0.147 ± 0.035 0.120 ± 0.013 0.106 ± 0.009 0.102 ± 0.012 0.104 ± 0.012 0.110 ± 0.010 0.131 ± 0.005
Posttreatment 0.237 ± 0.024 0.119 ± 0.033 0.129 ± 0.019 0.113 ± 0.014 0.100 ± 0.008 0.123 ± 0.018O 0.125 ± 0.018#O 0.141 ± 0.013

PEMF group Prior to treatment 0.219 ± 0.006 0.138 ± 0.009 0.120 ± 0.009 0.107 ± 0.010 0.100 ± 0.013 0.101 ± 0.015 0.110 ± 0.007 0.133 ± 0.006
Posttreatment 0.234 ± 0.024 0.112 ± 0.035 0.133 ± 0.018O 0.117 ± 0.008O 0.104 ± 0.008 0.117 ± 0.018O 0.130 ± 0.013#O 0.148 ± 0.008#O

Compared with the control group before treatment, P < 0.05; compared with the GIOP group after treatment, # P < 0.05; compared with before treatment, O P < 0.05.