Table 4.

Structural and material properties of human meniscal attachments obtained from pull to failure tests (LA – lateral anterior, LP – lateral posterior, MA – medial anterior, MP – medial posterior). Average ± standard deviation

Overall Structural Properties				Material Property Data
	Ultimate Load (N)	Ultimate Elongation (mm)	Linear Stiffness (N/mm)	Ultimate Stress (MPa)
	All Regions	All Regions	All Regions	All Regions
LA	625.2 ± 294.5	3.544 ± 1.160	215.8 ± 78.76	28.68 ± 11.66
LP	330.3 ± 168.3	2.766 ± 1.215	129.5 ± 36.90	19.93 ± 7.918
MA	455.5 ± 181.9	3.205 ± 1.246	169.4 ± 24.19	27.26 ± 14.22
MP	591.6 ± 200.3	2.954 ± 0.425	207.2 ± 52.79	22.00 ± 11.99
MEAN	500.6 ± 232.5	3.117 ± 1.024	180.5 ± 59.45	24.47 ± 11.33

No significant differences (p>0.05) n=5