TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics of the patellar tendon morphological and mechanical properties of the investigated adolescent basketball athletes (n = 16).

	Mean ± SD
Tendon moment arm [mm]	54.1 ± 3.7
Tendon rest length [mm]	52.9 ± 6.8
Proximal tendon CSA [cm2]	1.18 ± 0.20
Distal tendon CSA [cm2]	1.19 ± 0.21
Tendon force [N]	4399 ± 898
Tendon stiffness [N/mm]	1338 ± 422
Normalized tendon stiffness [kN/strain]	73.1 ± 22.0
Proximal tendon stress [MPa]	38.7 ± 13.2
Distal tendon stress [MPa]	38.6 ± 13.3
Tendon strain [%]	6.6 ± 1.2

CSA: cross-sectional area.