. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 Dec 24;38(4):1607–1617. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9881-0

TABLE 2.

Estimated tissue-level mechanical properties.

Group	Ultimate stress (MPa)	Yield strain (με)	Modulus (GPa)
B6;129 WT Control	228.09 ± 6.43	14,542 ± 561	15.99 ± 0.73
B6;129 WT Exercise	215.03 ± 8.99	13,832 ± 373	15.70 ± 0.69
C3H WT Control	226.01 ± 4.98	15,696 ± 690	16.75 ± 1.16
C3H WT Exercise	228.56 ± 5.42	15,889 ± 621	17.10 ± 1.10
B6;129 KO Control	212.82 ± 8.75	13,382 ± 381	16.29 ± 0.55
B6;129 KO Exercise	228.47 ± 9.91	13,477 ± 231	17.66 ± 0.60
C3H KO Control	223.73 ± 7.22	15,115 ± 764	17.44 ± 1.09
C3H KO Exercise	223.99 ± 6.27	15,281 ± 565	16.83 ± 0.94

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. There were no significant effects of exercise in any group in these tissue-level mechanical properties.