Fig. 3.

Experimental timeline for partial weightbearing ± radiation treatments and recovery therefrom. Animals were irradiated (0.5 Gy ⁵⁶Fe) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and transported to Texas A&M University. Four days after exposure, half of the radiation-exposed animals were placed into G/6 while the rest remained weightbearing as controls (same for sham). After 21 days of G/6, half of the animals from radiation and sham groups were terminated. The remaining animals were allowed to recover in full weightbearing for 21 days