Bone slices were placed under an optical or fluorescence microscope, and the morphological and dynamic parameters of the tibial metaphysis were measured within the range of 1–3 mm distal to the epiphyseal plate line using an Opton Contron semi-automatic image processing system (Opton, Germany). The measured morphological parameters included total tissue volume (TTV), sponge bone volume (SBV), trabecular bone volume (TBV), TBV/TTV, trabecular area to volume ratio (S/V), TBV/SBV, mean trabecular plate thickness (MTPT), density (MTPD), and space (MTPS) were measured. The measured dynamic parameters included trabecular osteoid surface (TOS), percentage of tetracycline single- and double-labeled surface to trabecular bone surface (Sfract(s) and Sfract(d)), mean distance between tetracycline double-labeled lines (DDL), mineral appositional rate, and bone formation rate at tissue level (Svf).
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