Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in Mice Following Mechanical Injury to the Synovial Joint

doi: 10.1038/srep45223

Figure Lengend Snippet: Trabecular bone parameters measured in this study were derived from tibial epiphysis of non-loaded and loaded knees. Bone volume fraction (BV/TV) ( A ), trabecular number ( B ), trabecular thickness ( C ), trabecular spacing ( D ) and trabecular CDI (E) did not differ significantly between 6N and 9N groups at days 5, 9, and 14 or between 9N and 12N groups at days 14, 28 and 56. Trabecular SMI ( F ) increased significantly at day 14 in 9N and 12N groups than 6N group but did not change with time. There were no significant differences for apparent BMD ( G ). Coronal images were used for measurement of subchondral bone plate thickness in the medial and lateral tibial plateau. Subchondral bone thickness measurement showed that there were no significant differences in thickness of subchondral bone plate between non-loaded and loaded knees. However, there was a significant increase in subchondral bone plate thickness in 12N group at day 56 compared to days 14 and 28 ( H ). BV = bone volume, TV = tissue volume, Tb.N = trabecular number, Tb.Th = trabecular thickness, Tb.Sp. = trabecular spacing, CDI = connectivity density index, SMI = structure model index, BMD = bone mineral density. *Compared to 6N 5 day, # compared to 6N 9 day, $ compared to 6N 14 day, ^ compared to 9N 5 day, + compared to 9N 56 day,/compared to 12N 14 day, x compared to 12N 28 day.

Article Snippet: Subchondral bone thickness was measured using a custom-written MATLAB-2015b (Mathworks) program .

Techniques: Derivative Assay

Journal: PLoS ONE

Article Title: Therapeutic efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronan derivative and platelet-rich plasma in mice following axial tibial loading

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175682

Figure Lengend Snippet: Micro-CT results showed no preventive effect of treatments on BV/TV at day 56 following loading. Trabecular bone was analyzed at the femoral epiphysis at day 5 (top row) and day 56 (bottom row). All images are presented as superior views (A). Quantification of femoral epiphysis trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) showed that there was no significant difference between treatment groups and the PBS at this time point (B). a: P = 0.02. Interestingly, at day 56 (9N group) receiving Hyadd-4G at 15 mg/mL and PRP + HYADD ® 4-G at 8 mg/mL group showed no statistical differences at the 56 days, non-loaded group. Quantification of subchondral bone thickness, showing no preventive effect of treatments on bone loss at 56 days after loading is presented (C). Error bars represent 95% confidence interval. PBS = phosphate buffered saline, PRP = platelet-rich plasma.

Article Snippet: Subchondral bone plate thickness was measured via custom-written MATLAB-2015b (Mathworks) program [ ].

Techniques: Micro-CT, Saline, Clinical Proteomics

Journal: Journal of Sport and Health Science

Article Title: Gender differences in nonlinear motor performance following concussion

doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.03.006

Figure Lengend Snippet: Outcome measures by number of self-reported concussions and gender. (A) sample entropy; (B) average power: 8–12 Hz; (C) average power: 4–8 Hz; (D) absolute root-mean-square error ( RMSE ); (E) average power: 0–4 Hz. Error bars are SE. * p < 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.001, significant difference within gender; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.001, significant difference between gender.

Article Snippet: Eq. (1) RMSE = 1 n ∑ i = 1 n ( x i − x ̄ ) 2 Frequency domain characteristics of the force output were calculated using custom written software in MATLAB (Version 2015b; MATLAB, Natick, MA, USA).

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