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Figure 6

From: The combination therapy with alfacalcidol and risedronate improves the mechanical property in lumbar spine by affecting the material properties in an ovariectomized rat model of osteoporosis

Figure 6

Effects on balance of BMD and BAp orientation at the ventral cortical portion of lumbar spine. Starting 12 weeks after OVX, drugs were administered orally to rats for 12 weeks. The BMD and the BAp orientation were measured at the ventral cortical portion of the 4th lumbar spine by pQCT and maicro-XRD, respectively, as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. Each value represents the mean ± SE (n = 7–8). Note that the combination therapy with ALF and RIS promoted to approach to the normal state of the Sham group. Intensity ratio of (002)/(310) corresponds to the orientation degree of the BAp c-axis as a bone quality parameter based on a material property in the cranio-craudal direction.

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