Table II.

Structural and material properties of the defect tissue compared to contralateral shams and age-matched normal PT (mean±SD)

	Ultimate Load (N)	Stiffness (N/mm)	Ultimate Stress (MPa)	Modulus (MPa)
Defect (2-wk, N=12)	1.54±0.81*	3.26±1.50*	4.67±1.99*	32.37±16.17*
Sham (2-wk, N=12)	3.85±0.92	5.26±0.77	14.17±4.06	60.12±20.48
Defect (5-wk, N=12)	2.08±0.70*	4.20±1.96*	7.90±2.53*§	48.85±24.39
Sham (5-wk, N=12)	3.76±0.76	7.22±0.91	13.80±4.93	79.47±23.51
Defect (8-wk, N=13)	2.00±0.60*	4.23±1.14*	8.01±2.28*§	50.35±10.79§
Sham (8-wk, N=13)	3.73±0.73	6.38±1.48	17.64±2.91*	90.57±19.18*
Normal PT (N=15)	4.13±0.87	6.78±2.05	11.68±3.38	56.51±18.29

^*significantly different from age-matched Normal PT,

^§significantly different than Defect (2-wk) – bonferroni-corrected (p < 0.006) significant differences are noted above only for comparisons against normal and comparisons among the defect groups over time