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Table 4. Stiffness of flexor tendon repairs following reciprocal bone marrow transplants between WT and Mmp9^−/−mice to result in WT mice with Mmp9^−/− bone marrow, and Mmp9^−/− mice with WT bone marrow.

Days Post-Repair	WT Mice/Mmp9^−/− bone marrow	Mmp9^−/− Mice/WT bone marrow
Control	5.38±0.46	5.16±0.44
14	1.30±0.31*	1.72±0.27*
21	1.42±0.32*	1.37±0.19*
28	2.10±0.17*^,#	1.43±0.22*

Data are ± SEM, (*) indicates p<0.05 compared to respective control, (#) indicates p<0.05 compared to Mmp9^−/− mice with WT bone marrow at the same time-point.

Table 4. Stiffness of flexor tendon repairs following reciprocal bone marrow transplants between WT and Mmp9−/−mice to result in WT mice with Mmp9−/− bone marrow, and Mmp9−/− mice with WT bone marrow.

Table 4. Stiffness of flexor tendon repairs following reciprocal bone marrow transplants between WT and Mmp9^−/−mice to result in WT mice with Mmp9^−/− bone marrow, and Mmp9^−/− mice with WT bone marrow.