. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Jun;26(6):872–879. doi: 10.1002/jor.20575

Table 2.

Mechanical Response of the Contact Interface/Interdigitated Region for Nondestructive Tension/Compression Loading

Test Parameter	Specimens Exhibiting Contact Interface (n = 11)	Specimens Exhibiting Interdigitated Region (n = 10)	All Specimens
Tensile compliance (mm/MPa)	0.0049 (0.0027)	0.0088 (0.0042)	0.0067 (0.0039)
Compressive compliance (mm/MPa)	0.0036 (0.0021)	0.0067 (0.0034)	0.0051 (0.0031)
10th cycle creep (mm)	0.0011 (0.0024)	0.0006 (0.0025)	0.0008 (0.0024)
10th cycle span (mm)	0.0026 (0.0013)	0.0036 (0.0019)	0.0031 (0.0017)

Mean (standard deviation) values are shown.