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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2013 Nov 11;47(9):2028–2034. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.10.054

Table 2.

Single linear regressions for structural and mechanical properties.

B CSD
Parameter r R2 p r R2 p
Dynamic Modulus (MPa) (0.94, 0.96) (0.88, 0.92) <0.001 (−0.56, −0.62) (0.31, 0.39) <0.001
Damage (mm/mm) (−0.35, −0.49) (0.12, 0.24) (NS, 0.009) (0.08, 0.29) (0.00, 0.08) NS
Tangent Stiffness (N/mm) (0.46, 0.65) (0.21, 0.42) (0.004, <0.001) (−0.24, −0.43) (0.05, 0.18) (NS, 0.007)
Peak Strain (mm/mm) (−0.40, −0.49) (0.16, 0.24) (0.013, 0.003) (0.05, 0.28) (0.00, 0.08) NS
Hysteresis MPa*mm/mm) (0.43, 0.69) (0.18, 0.47) (0.007, <0.001) (−0.27, −0.52) (0.07, 0.27) (NS, <0.001)
Cycles to Failure (0.21, 0.30) (0.05, 0.09) NS (−0.08, 0.17) (0.00, 0.03) NS
*

For each load, data are shown as ranges (min, max) between 5 and 95% of tendon fatigue life and all loads. Parameters with non-significant coefficients of determination are indicated as “NS.”