Figure 2.

Effects of unilateral lower limb suspension on human patellar tendon stiffness (N mm⁻¹) and tendon collagen synthesis (fractional synthesis rate, FSR per cent h⁻¹) All results are means and standard errors of the mean. Data are for n = 9 for tendon stiffness at all time points (see de Boer et al. 2007). Tendon stiffness values at days 14 and 23 were significantly different (repeated measures ANOVA) from each other and from baseline values (see de Boer et al. 2007). Results for tendon collagen FSR are for n = 9 at 10 days, n = 5 at day 0 and n = 4 at day 21. ^aP < 0.05 versus day 0 values; ^bP < 0.05 versus day 10 values of tendon FSR.