In rats, PTH increased ultimate load by 56% versus untreated distraction specimens after 20 days consolidation.
In plain wordsIn rats, PTH increased new bone breaking strength versus untreated specimens after 20 days consolidation.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseUltimate load at 20 days consolidation
- Study
Rattus norvegicusn: not reported in source
Male Sprague-Dawley rats undergoing femoral distraction osteogenesis- Comparator
- Untreated distraction osteogenesis specimens
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 60 microg/kg every second day · 30 daysAs given in this study (Rattus norvegicus).
Measurements
- Ultimate load increase
- 56%
- 20 days consolidation versus untreated
Source sentences
In the 20 days consolidation experiment, PTH(1-34) increased ultimate load (56%), stiffness (117%), total regenerate callus volume (58%), callus BMC (24%) and histologic bone density (35%) compared to untreated distraction osteogenesis specimens.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Forty-seven, 3-months-old male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent lengthening of the right femur using an external fixator.
A dose of 60 microg of human PTH(1-34)/kg body weight/injection or vehicle was given every second day beginning 30 days before the rats were killed.