Table 2.

Cyclic loading results.

	Cyclic Displacement (mm)		Stiffness (N/mm)		Ultimate Load to Failure (N)
	MK	NK	MK	NK	MK	NK
Cadaver No.
1	1.121	0.203	34.8	40.2	466.4	272.6
2	0.860	0.379	30.8	27.1	305.2	373.3
3	0.179	0.003	41.6	38.5	636.7	437.4
4	0.231	0.217	29.4	16.6	510.4	509.3
5	0.028	1.154	36.9	26.3	638.3	591.2
6	1.126	0.681	23.6	19.2	449.9	317.3
Overall mean	0.591	0.439	32.87	27.98	501.2	416.8
Overall SD	0.501	0.417	6.31	9.69	126.1	120.0

Abbreviations: MK, Medial-row Knotted; NK, Not-Knotted.