Table 2.

Tensile properties at time zero and 42 days after repair.

Time zero	4-strand (n=16)	Modified 8-strand (n=9)
Repair-site stiffness (N/mm)	15.4 ± 5.7	24.5 ± 6.4	0.005*
Elongation at 20 N (mm)	1.70 ± 0.38	1.53 ± 0.39	0.038†
Elongation at failure (mm)	4.74 ± 1.71	5.22 ± 2.31	0.318*
42 days after repair	4-strand (n=13)	Modified 8-strand (n=30)	p value
Repair-site stiffness (N/mm)	95.6 ± 70.7	83.5 ± 29.2	0.944*
Elongation at 20 N (mm)	0.69 ± 0.40	0.48 ± 0.25	0.038†
Elongation at failure (mm)	1.48 ± 0.80	1.47 ± 0.83	0.979*

^*p values from Mann-Whitney U tests

^†p values from unpaired t-tests