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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2020 Apr 9;22(5):13. doi: 10.1007/s11926-020-00892-w

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Healthy 35-year-old male undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and meniscus repair, instructed to remain non-weight-bearing for 6 weeks post-procedure. The distal tibia was imaged by HR-pQCT at two time points: just prior to surgery (left) and after 6 weeks of non-weight-bearing (right). Volumetric reconstructions of the cortical compartment, with porosity highlighted in red, are shown on the top row. Cross-sectional grayscale images are shown on the bottom row. HR-pQCT images and porosity analysis enable visualization and quantification of changes in bone microstructure over the 6-week disuse period [66]