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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Jan;34(1):87–92. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.09.020

Table 1.

Gliding Resistance, Ultimate Tensile Strength, Gap Force at 2mm and Stiffness


Repair Method
and Material

Gliding Resistance (N)
(Mean ± SD)
Maximal Failure
Strength (N)
(Mean ±SD)

Gap Force at 2-mm (N)
(Mean ±SD)

Stiffness (N/mm)
(Mean ± SD)
Pennington Repair with
FiberWire Suture
0.916 ± 0.19 49.52 ± 6.97 45.29 ± 7.23 13.64 ± 3.40
Pennington Repair with
Ethibond Suture
1.119 ± 0.45 45.91 ± 6.93 42.32 ± 8.47 13.17 ± 3.89