a strong trendp = 0.06
That way, the intermediate- ( p < 0.0001) and high-stress ( p < 0.01) regimes both showed a significant relative reduction in the IVDs’ height (intermediate-stress: 26.1 ± 4.3% reduction and high-stress: 20.9 ± 1.7% reduction, respectively), and a strong trend was observed with the low-stress regime ( p = 0.06) ( Figure 1 b).