. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Dec;26(12):1611–1617. doi: 10.1002/jor.20689

TABLE I.

Functional and biomechanical properties of the tendon-to-bone repair.

Group	Excursion (mm)^#	Strain at 20N	Rigidity (N/mm/mm)^*	Ultimate Strain^#
Control	6.9 ± 0.8	0.12 ± 0.04	298.4 ± 68.7	0.36 ± 0.09
Loaded	5.2 ± 1.5^§	0.097 ± 0.05	301.5 ± 167.7	0.29 ± 0.09
Unloaded	4.0 ± 1.0^§	0.15 ± 0.11	163.2 ± 71.9^§	0.42 ± 0.13

Loaded vs. Unloaded -

: p<0.10;

: p<0.05

Control vs. Loaded/Unloaded -

^§

: p<0.05