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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2009 Dec;27(12):1596. doi: 10.1002/jor.20938

Table 1.

Median and interquartile ranges for transition strain, transition stress and Poisson's ratio for human supraspinatus tendon (matching letters indicate statistically significant differences, p<0.05)

Transition strain Transition stress (MPa) Poisson's ratio



25% Median 75% 25% Median 75% 25% Median 75%

AB 0.03 0.04 0.05 a 0.11 0.19 0.31 0.84 1.27 1.61 d

AJ 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.18 0.31 1.22 1.79 2.07 e

PB 0.04 0.06 0.12 a,b 0.07 0.12 0.24 0.69 0.97 1.36

PJ 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.08 0.19 c 0.72 1.28 1.72

MB 0.02 0.03 0.04 b 0.12 0.37 0.74 -0.49 0.25 1.01 d

MJ 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.14 0.29 0.49 c -0.11 0.96 1.17 e