Table 2.
Maximum load (force) (N), displacement at maximum load (mm), resilience (J), tenacity (J), stiffness (N.mm−1), displacement at failure (mm) and maximum load (force) to failure (N) of mice femur for the control (C) and trained (T) groups kept in small cage (SC) and large cage (LC).
| Small cage | Large cage | Housing space effect | Training effect | Interaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | T | C | T | P | F | P | F | P | F | |
| Maximum load (N) | 16.23 ± 3.52 | 15.52 ± 1.85 | 16.01 ± 2.52 | 14.86 ± 2.81 | 0.62 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 1.06 | 0.80 | 0.05 |
| Displacement at maximum load (mm) | 0.29 ± 0.04 | 0.31 ± 0.03 | 0.31 ± 0.08 | 0.30 ± 0.05 | 0.84 | 0.04 | 0.85 | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.59 |
| Resilience (J) | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 0.004 ± 0.002 | 0.65 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 0.84 | 0.39 | 0.74 |
| Tenacity (J) | 0.011 ± 0.002 | 0.011 ± 0.003 | 0.013 ± 0.003 | 0.010 ± 0.002c | 0.43 | 0.62 | 0.12 | 2.4 | 0.02 | 5.6 |
| Stiffness (N.mm−1) | 90.87 ± 21.47 | 88.89 ± 16.49 | 84.19 ± 11.22 | 81.30 ± 17.48 | 0.20 | 1.65 | 0.66 | 0.19 | 0.93 | 0.06 |
| Maximum load to failure (N) | 7.51 ± 2.52 | 8.15 ± 3.04 | 7.22 ± 1.93 | 7.42 ± 2.11 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.59 | 0.28 | 0.78 | 0.07 |
| Displacement at failure (mm) | 1.05 ± 0.19 | 1.14 ± 0.44 | 1.46 ± 0.57 | 1.00 ± 0.18 | 0.28 | 1.17 | 0.16 | 2.02 | 0.03 | 4.72 |
Data are in mean ± standard deviation (SD). Statistical analysis: We used two-way ANOVA for identifying the effects of housing space and training, and post-hoc Newman Keuls to trace differences among groups. Statistical difference symbol: c- different from LC-C (P ≤ 0.05).