. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2014 Jun 20;10(10):4367–4376. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.06.021

Table 3.

The mechanical properties of fibrin microthreads stretched with a drying phase compared to threads stretched immediately after fibrin polymerization and to the current fabrication process (Control). Data is presented as mean ± standard deviation.

Stretch Percent	Drying Phase	Sample Size	Diameter (μm)		UTS (MPa)	Load (mN)	SAF (mm/mm)
Stretch Percent	Drying Phase	Sample Size	Dry	Wet	UTS (MPa)	Load (mN)	SAF (mm/mm)
Control	-	33	54 ± 11	130 ± 22	1.2 ± 0.4	15 ± 4	0.492 ± 0.239

0%	+	29	68 ± 16^*	156 ± 33^*	1.3 ± 0.6	23 ± 11^*	0.899 ± 0.217^*

0%	-	34	69 ± 10^*	164 ± 21^*	1.3 ± 0.7	27 ± 18^*	0.755 ± 0.318^*

100%	+	31	42 ± 9^*	97 ± 17^*	1.9 ± 0.7	13 ± 4	0.419 ± 0.136

100%	-	31	48 ± 8^*^†	132 ± 13^†	0.9 ± 0.3^†	12 ± 3	0.669 ± 0.130^*^†

150%	+	32	47 ± 13^*	100 ± 37^*	3.9 ± 2.8^*	23 ± 9^*	0.487 ± 0.235

150%	-	25	47 ± 9^*	123 ± 21^†	1.2 ± 0.5^†	13 ± 4^†	0.546 ± 0.141

^†

indicates statistical significance from threads stretched with a drying phase determined with a Student's t-test (p < 0.05) and

indicates statistical significance from control threads using one-way ANOVA with Holm- Sidak post hoc analysis (p < 0.05).