Table 1.

Mean±SD results from biomechanical testing.

Measured Properties	Injured group (un-repaired control)			Repaired group
	Intact	Injured	Ratio	Intact	Repaired	Ratio
Compressive stiffness (N/mm)	655.0 ± 107.3	717.9 ± 91.9a	1.10 ± 0.07	700.1 ± 154.2	710.3 ± 139.4	1.02 ± 0.05
Tensile stiffness (N/mm)	359.5 ± 66.3	327.4 ± 55.2b	0.91 ± 0.02	321.4 ± 60.5	307.0 ± 60.6	0.96 ± 0.05
Axial range of motion (mm)	2.8 ± 0.8	3.3 ± 0.82	1.16 ± 0.12	2.7 ± 1.2	2.9 ± 1.1	1.07 ± 0.09
Stress relaxation time constant	563.6 ± 85.7	469.1 ± 78.0	0.83 ± 0.03	598.7 ± 149.6	514.6 ± 117.8	0.87 ± 0.10
Torsional stiffness (Nm/°)	1.2 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.2b	0.73 ± 0.06	1.1 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.3b	0.79 ± 0.05
Torque range (Nm)	2.5 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 0.4b	0.72 ± 0.07	2.4 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 0.7b	0.79 ± 0.05

Bold indicates a significant difference from the Intact.

^ap < 0.05,

^bp < 0.01.