Figure 1.
Knee joint integrity. White thick arrows indicate healthy bone marrow. Black thick arrows indicate that the normal marrow has been replaced with a fibrotic marrow. Black thin arrows indicate that the fibrous and granulation tissue extended to the subchondral bone and to the tidemark. ♦Indicates difference from chow group, while *Indicates difference from HFS group. Chow: chow control diet; HFS: high fat/high sucrose diet; F: prebiotic fibre; E: aerobic exercise. Values are means ± 1 SEM (white line, bar = 200 µm).