Table 3.

Mechanical properties of the femoral mid-diaphysis, femoral neck, and vertebral body of L4 from mice treated with PTH or ABL for 21 days.

	Baseline	Ctrl	PTH	ABL
Mid-diaphysis
Strength (N)	12.8 ± 1.30	15.0 ± 2.58	17.4 ± 1.05*	18.5 ± 1.66*
Stiffness (N/mm)	94.6 ± 11.6	106 ± 16.3	124 ± 10.1*	128 ± 14.5*
Neck
Strength (N)	10.3 ± 1.65	12.0 ± 1.67	13.3 ± 1.46	13.6 ± 1.89
Stiffness (N/mm)	77.4 ± 10.6	100 ± 27.1	113 ± 30.2	96.8 ± 13.62
L4
Strength (N)	17.6 ± 3.39	19.0 ± 4.60	19.9 ± 2.72	21.0 ± 5.62
Stiffness (N/mm)	144 ± 29.9	189 ± 70.6	169 ± 41.7	178 ± 41.4

Data are presented as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05 vs. Ctrl.