Table 2.

Correlations between initial mechanical testing parameters (hysteresis, elongation at cycle 10 and increase in loading stiffness) and the number of cycles to failure in fascicles from the SDFT. There were no significant correlations between any of these parameters in the CDET. NS = not significant.

	Hysteresis (%)	Elongation (mm)	Cycles to failure
Hysteresis (%)	–	p = 0.047	p = 0.0072
r = 0.51	r = −0.68
Elongation (mm)	–	–	p = 0.037
	r = −0.55
Change in loading stiffness (%)	NS	p = 0.013	p = 0.006
r = −0.61	r = 0.73