Table 1.

Mean stress relaxation data ± standard deviation (expressed as a percentage of the stress applied in the first cycle) for human semitendinosus, bovine flexor and bovine extensor tendon after 300, 900 and 1800 cycles to a displacement at 60% UTS.

Tendon	0 cycles	300 cycles	900 cycles	1800 cycles
Human Semitendinosus	100%	70.89±11.82%	64.89±12.56%	61.50±13.95%
Bovine Flexor Tendon	100%	66.26±11.09%	57.99±15.87%	54.34±17.95%
Bovine Extensor Tendon	100%	52.12±14.91%	42.57±16.16%	36.06±17.20%

Statistical significance (p≤0.05) was observed between human semitendinosus and bovine extensor samples at all time points and between the bovine flexor and bovine extensor after 1800 cycles; difference between the human semitendinosus and bovine flexor remained insignificant at all time points.