Table 1.

Percentage length of rat tail tendon fascicles (mean ± SD) from each of 5 rats following cyclic load and subsequent cellular contraction over 7 days with (42°C) and without (37°C) applied thermal treatment.

	Rat 1 (n=17)		Rat 2 (n=18)		Rat 3 (n=14)		Rat 4 (n=12)		Rat 5 (n=10)
	37°C	42°C	37°C	42°C	37°C	42°C	37°C	42°C	37°C	42°C
Initial	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
0 day Postload	101.3 ± 0.0	101.3 ± 0.0	101.1 ± 0.0	101.1 ± 0.0	101.5 ± 0.0	101.5 ± 0.0	101.0 ± 0.0	101.0 ± 0.0	101.6 ± 0.0	101.6 ± 0.0
1 day	101.3 ± 2.0	99.9 ± 2.3	101.1 ± 2.2	99.7 ± 2.5	100.0 ± 1.8	101.0 ± 3.1	100.0 ± 1.4	99.8 ± 1.1	100.3 ± 1.9	100.0 ± 1.2
2 day	101.3 ± 2.8	99.7 ± 1.9	99.6 ± 2.7	99.8 ± 2.7	99.2 ± 2.5	100.4 ± 3.5	100.2 ± 1.6	100.3 ± 1.7	99.9 ± 1.9	99.6 ± 2.2
3 day	99.8 ± 2.3	97.5 ± 2.2	98.9 ± 1.8	98.7 ± 3.5	97.6 ± 3.4	98.7 ± 4.4	99.9 ± 1.8	99.5 ± 1.6	99.6 ± 3.9	99.6 ± 4.9
4 day	98.7 ± 2.1	95.9 ± 3.0	94.7 ± 3.6	91.6 ± 6.6	91.0 ± 9.1	91.6 ± 6.8	97.1 ± 2.0	95.8 ± 2.5	85.1 ± 13.9	94.5 ± 8.2
5 day	88.8 ± 8.2	83.8 ± 10.3	85.1 ± 8.5	75.9 ± 17.4	80.6 ± 14.7	79.7 ± 11.0	92.5 ± 5.4	89.9 ± 5.1	67.3 ± 20.6	53.1 ± 19.9
6 day	74.0 ± 14.9	70.8 ± 17.8	66.4 ± 15.7	38.5 ± 19.2	69.0 ± 20.6	63.7 ± 15.0	84.4 ± 13.9	76.5 ± 11.7	48.4 ± 21.7	29.4 ± 16.5
7 day	57.7 ± 20.0	53.0 ± 25.4	47.4 ± 16.3	24.4 ± 9.0	56.8 ± 21.8	50.4 ± 16.8	68.6 ± 19.2	59.7 ± 14.5	31.9 ± 13.7	19.0 ± 8.1