In vivo reference point indentation reveals positive effects of raloxifene on mechanical properties following six months of treatment in skeletally mature beagle dogs.

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2013
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Published article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8756328213002718 doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.07.009
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Raloxifene treatment has been shown previously to positively affect bone mechanical properties following one year of treatment in skeletally mature dogs. Reference point indentation (RPI) can be used for in vivo assessment of mechanical properties and has been shown to produce values that are highly correlated with properties derived from traditional mechanical testing. The goal of this study was to use RPI to determine if raloxifene-induced alterations in mechanical properties occurred after 6 months of treatment. Twelve skeletally mature female beagle dogs were treated for 6 months with oral doses of saline vehicle (VEH, 1 ml/kg/day) or a clinically relevant dose of raloxifene (RAL, 0.5 mg/kg/day). At six months, all animals underwent in vivo RPI (10 N force, 10 cycles) of the anterior tibial midshaft. RPI data were analyzed using a custom MATLAB program, designed to provide cycle-by-cycle data from the RPI test and validated against the manufacturer-provided software. Indentation distance increase (IDI), a parameter that is inversely related to bone toughness, was significantly lower in RAL-treated animals compared to VEH (-16.5%) suggesting increased bone toughness. Energy absorption within the first cycle was significantly lower with RAL compared to VEH (-21%). These data build on previous work that has documented positive effects of raloxifene on material properties by showing that these changes exist after 6 months.

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Bone Biology Laboratory http://www.iupui.edu/~bonelab/ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Engineering IUPUI
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In vivo reference point indentation reveals positive effects of raloxifene on mechanical properties following six months of treatment in skeletally mature beagle dogs. Aref M, Gallant MA, Organ JM, Wallace JM, Newman CL, Burr DB, Brown DM, Allen MR. 2013 Oct;56(2):449-453. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.07.009. Epub 2013 Jul 17.
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