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Table 4 The area (%) of unstained parts of the epiphyseal growth zone

From: The effect of repetitive flexion and extension fatigue loading on the young porcine lumbar spine, a feasibility study of MRI and histological analyses

Group

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Range

Vibrated

29

12

25

16–53

Flexion

38

10

38

22–53

Extension

21

4

20

16–28

Controls

4

2

4

2–6

  1. Statistical analyze was not conducted due to low sample size