In rats, PTH slightly increased bone growth distance into the chamber versus vehicle.
In plain wordsIn rats, PTH slightly increased bone ingrowth distance compared with vehicle.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone ingrowth distance
- Study
ratn = 37
Rats with tibial titanium bone chambers- Comparator
- Vehicle
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 60 microg/kg daily · Injection · 2, 4, or 6 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The total distance of bone growth into the chamber was slightly increased by PTH.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
To study new bone formation we used a titanium bone chamber, and to study normal remodelling we used the femur and vertebrae from the same animals. One titanium bone chamber was inserted in the proximal tibia of each of 37 rats. The rats were randomly assigned to daily injections of human PTH (1-34)…