Table 2.

Initial and Maintenance Forces After Tenotomy (Newtons)

Specimen	Tenotomy	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Average	SD	CV (%)
Inferior	0%	2.47	0.32	0.82	2.33	1.23	1.04	5.93	3.18	2.16	1.68	78
	25%	1.88	0.16	0.60	1.55	0.69	0.83	4.47	2.46	1.58	1.30	82
	50%	1.70	0.12	0.36	1.21	0.52	0.45	1.89	0.71	0.87	0.61	70
	75%	1.29	0.08	0.07	1.04	0.43	0.18	0.54	0.36	0.50	0.42	84
	90%	0.66	0.06	0.04	0.48	0.34	0.07	0.12	0.27	0.25	0.21	84
	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---
Lateral	0%	5.84	2.60	5.68	3.13	2.58	7.57	2.95	16.83	5.90	4.48	76
	25%	0.62	0.82	4.94	1.24	1.73	5.84	2.41	13.76	3.92	4.13	105
	50%	0.37	0.44	4.73	0.44	1.18	4.00	1.80	8.84	2.73	2.79	102
	75%	0.19	0.29	3.08	0.40	0.51	2.85	1.21	5.19	1.71	1.70	99
	90%	0.06	0.24	0.89	0.27	0.32	0.04	0.47	2.03	0.54	0.62	114
	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---
Superior	0%	1.75	1.96	4.09	4.45	8.83	3.28	10.62	1.31	4.54	3.20	71
	25%	1.08	1.51	2.90	1.99	2.98	0.89	6.73	0.68	2.34	1.85	79
	50%	0.26	1.31	1.89	0.90	1.05	0.67	3.11	0.25	1.18	0.89	75
	75%	0.15	1.29	0.89	0.71	0.69	0.56	0.45	0.13	0.61	0.36	59
	90%	0.09	1.21	0.30	0.22	0.44	0.37	0.12	0.09	0.36	0.34	96
	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---
Medial	0%	1.23	6.29	3.05	1.25	0.33	9.11	8.59	4.72	4.32	3.19	74
	25%	0.98	3.94	2.13	0.81	0.24	8.80	5.24	3.42	3.19	2.66	83
	50%	0.75	2.03	1.50	0.30	0.18	6.85	2.27	2.34	2.03	1.99	98
	75%	0.64	0.87	1.18	0.13	0.12	5.20	1.01	0.66	1.23	1.54	126
	90%	0.46	0.48	0.12	0.04	0.08	1.34	0.65	0.22	0.43	0.40	95
	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---

SD: standard deviation, CV: coefficient variation