Table 5.

Ultimate strain data of human meniscal attachments obtained from pull to failure tests (LA – lateral anterior, LP – lateral posterior, MA – medial anterior, MP – medial posterior). Average ± standard deviations. No statistical differences were found between the outer, middle, and inner sections of the meniscal attachments (p>0.05)

Overall Failure Material Properties
	ULTIMATE STRAIN (%)
	Meniscus (ME)^			Midsubstance (MI)^			Bony Insertion (BO)
	OUTER	MIDDLE	INNER	OUTER	MIDDLE	INNER	OUTER	MIDDLE	INNER
LA#	9.84 ± 3.31	16.50 ± 3.71	4.23 ± 3.61	12.40 ± 3.40	5.55 ± 0.25	8.43 ± 3.62	36.20 ± 26.6	47.64 ± 34.48	42.07 ± 23.40
LP	16.58 ± 10.75	9.80 ± 2.27	10.84 ± 8.70	8.77 ± 5.59	33.22 ± 42.30	9.28 ± 4.67	28.00 ± 17.25	27.58 ± 19.43	27.45 ± 12.16
MA#	9.56 ± 5.34	7.90 ± 5.90	10.72 ± 9.19	9.49 ± 4.65	17.04 ± 9.82	9.35 ± 7.86	26.96 ± 15.68	42.18 ± 25.47	39.19 ± 23.24
MP	7.57 ± 4.62	6.96 ± 3.50	12.02 ± 12.76	NA	NA	NA	13.47 ± 5.95	17.38 ± 9.36	19.42 ± 12.01
MEAN	11.35 ± 7.24	10.71 ± 5.52	9.00 ± 7.98	10.32 ± 4.48	19.95 ± 28.74	8.99 ± 5.02	27.57 ± 18.88	35.51 ± 25.78	33.43 ± 19.61
LATERAL1	13.21 ± 8.30	13.52 ± 4.61	7.53 ± 7.18	10.78 ± 4.60	20.92 ± 33.28	8.86 ± 3.96	32.10 ± 21.61	37.61 ± 28.42	34.76 ± 19.19
MEDIAL	8.71 ± 4.74	7.55 ± 4.86	11.09 ± 9.16	9.49 ± 4.65	17.04 ± 9.82	9.35 ± 7.86	21.90 ± 14.12	32.88 ± 23.68	31.78 ± 21.32
ANTERIOR2	9.72 ± 4.02	12.20 ± 6.49	7.47 ± 7.42	10.94 ± 4.13	10.47 ± 8.36	8.84 ± 5.47	31.58 ± 21.19	44.91 ± 28.72	40.63 ± 22.04
POSTERIOR	13.20 ± 9.69	8.58 ± 3.00	11.17 ± 8.83	8.77 ± 5.60	33.22 ± 42.30	9.28 ± 4.67	22.55 ± 15.38	23.75 ± 16.39	24.44 ± 11.96

^{^}Significantly different from BO

^#Significantly different from MP

¹Significantly different from MEDIAL

²Significantly different from POSTERIOR

n=5