Table 3. Study results from rheometry.

Testing method	Author (year) [reference]	Time from wounding to intervention	Time from intervention to biomechanical testing	Dynamic viscosity comparisons in scarred groups*	P—value	Elastic modulus comparisons in scarred groups*	P—value
Parallel plate rheometry	Hertegård et al (2006) [20]	0 days	4 weeks	Saline vs. MSC injection	P = 0.07	Saline versus MSC injection	P < 0.01
Parallel plate rheometry	Svensson et al (2010) [24]	0 days	3 months	Saline vs. MSC injection	P < 0.05	Saline versus MSC injection	P < 0.05
Parallel plate rheometry	Svensson et al (2011) [25]	9 weeks	10 weeks	Saline vs. MSC	P = 0.03	Saline versus MSC injection	P < 0.001
Parallel plate rheometry	Kim et al (2013) [21]	0 days	1–3 months	PBS vs. MSC	P = 0.2	PBS versus MSC	P = 0.34
Parallel plate rheometry	Kim et al (2014) [22]	0 days	1 and 3 months	PBS vs. MSC PBS vs. MSC + HA/ALG	Not reported P < 0.01	PBS versus MSC PBS versus MSC + HA/ALG	Not reported P < 0.01

* Only comparisons deemed relevant are reported.