Fig. 3
CSO reduced joint destruction of CIA rats. A Representative micro-CT pictures of the ankle joints. White arrows indicate joint destruction. B Representative micro-CT scans of the calcaneus in three planes (Transverse, Coronal, and Sagittal). The red area designates the ROI in the calcaneus. C Representative 3D reconstruction pictures of the ROI. D BV/TV (%). E BMD (g/cm3). F Tb.N (1/mm). G Tb.Th (mm). H Tb.Sp (mm). I Tb.Pf (1/mm). Datasets are shown as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. CON group; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01 vs. CIA group, n = 6