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Specimen tangent stiffness decreased following injury and this relationship remained consistent throughout fatigue life. On average, stiffness dropped by 25% and did not recover with healing. Final specimen cohorts ranged from N=6–10 specimens, since some specimens in the earlier time points were not able to withstand the fatigue testing protocol and some of the control specimens reached a theoretical endurance limit.
