. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2017 Oct 9;36(2):682–691. doi: 10.1002/jor.23727

Table 1.

Parameters of the “reference” loading protocol, based on recent studies ^{[26, 27]}. Variations in each of these parameters were evaluated, except for waveform frequency.

Peak strain	−2200 με
Cycles/day	1200
Days/week	5
Weeks	2
Waveform shape (input command)	Triangle
Waveform frequency	4 Hz