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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2017 Jun 3;58:254–268. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.06.006

Table 1.

Summary of RoM and slow ramp compression results from kinematic testing.

Cyclic loading Slow ramp
Compressive Stiffness [N/mm] Tensile Stiffness [N/mm] NZ Length [mm] Range of Motion [mm] Compressive Stiffness [N/mm]
Intact 1120.95 ± 48.64 319.64 ± 31.87 1.63 ± 0.09 4.18 ± 0.17 527.21 ± 20.87
Annulotomy 1009.17 ± 79.4 286.09 ± 16.81 1.76 ± 0.11 4.45 ± 0.15 412.13 ± 46.72
Discectomy 1021.77 ± 101.0 309.68 ± 17.57 1.86 ± 0.09 *4.62 ± 0.18 *324.95 ± 12.90
Repair 1093.23 ± 43.96 315.79 ± 20.63 1.74 ± 0.11 4.43 ± 0.2 350.72 ± 52.71
*

(bold) indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) from intact controls. Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA.