Table 2.

Mechanical properties of the IFM in the SDFT and CDET from young horses (aged 3 to 7 years) and old horses (aged 17 to 20 years). Data are displayed as Mean±SD.

	SDFT IFM		CDET IFM
Young	Old	Young	Old
Hysteresis (%)	44.72±7.70	44.79±6.60	55.99±7.57b	57.95±4.73b
Stress relaxation (%)	14.48±6.67	17.42±4.45c	20.44±6.03a	28.45±6.20b,e
Extension at failure (mm)	1.96±0.45	1.84±0.51	2.26±0.70	3.02±0.70b,d
Force at failure (N)	1.91±0.66	2.30±0.74	1.94±0.88	2.38±0.91
Maximum stiffness (N/mm)	1.54±0.43	2.14±0.44e	1.67±0.49	1.45±0.48b
Extension at yield point (mm)	0.92±0.28	0.59±0.20e	0.53±0.19b	0.63±0.28
Force at yield point (N)	0.88±0.41	0.83±0.42	0.52±0.34b	0.56±0.38a

Significant difference between tendon types: ^ap<0.01, ^bp<0.001.

Significant difference between age groups: ^cp<0.05, ^dp<0.01, ^ep<0.001.