Fig. 3: Effect of plyometric training on cartilage and bone structure by micro-CT analysis.
From: Plyometric training increases thickness and volume of knee articular cartilage in mice
a Representative contrast-enhanced micro-CT images of mouse tibia showing medial tibia-femur contact point (marked in red) where cartilage measurements were taken. b–h Boxplots for measurements of cartilage and bone structure parameters are shown in all other panels of the figure. Each of the groups are represented with a box of different colors and the corresponding group name is marked on the x axis of each plot. Control (green, CON, n = 6), jump (blue, JUMP, n = 5), hind limb suspended (red, HLS, n = 4). Each box indicates the interquartile range and whiskers indicate the range of the data, except for outliers which are marked with individual points, where present. Thick horizontal lines inside each box indicate median values for each group. b Mean cartilage thickness was measured in three groups. c Mean cartilage volume measured in all the groups in 200 μm tibial-femur contact point. d Tibial bone mineral density (BMD). e Quantification of trabecular bone volume (BV), f trabecular thickness, g Trabecular bone volume fraction, h Connectivity density.
