Table 2.
Average result of failure load and Young’s modulus of elasticity of non-sterilized and non-frozen tendons [8, 28–36]
| Type of tendon | Pieces | Failure load (Standard Deviation) [N] |
Young’s modulus of elasticity (Standard Deviation) [MPa] |
Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peroneus longus | 14 | 2091.6 (148.7) | 90.3 (11.3) | Aguila et al. |
| Peroneus brevis | 20 | 1485.7 (209.3) | 82.4 (19.0) | |
| Anterior or posterior tibialis | 15 | 2427.3 (682.8) | 75.4 (30.0) | Baldini et al. |
| Patellar tendons | 10 | – | 25.0 (9.0) | Suhodolcan et al. |
| Human flexor digitorum superficialis | 10 | 402.5 (38.4) | 400.5 (58.5) | Wei et al. |
| Patellar tendon | 14 | - | 158.0 (49) | Bechtold et al. |
| Achilles | 10 | 3032 (677) | 292.04 (123.15) | Conrad et al. |
| Tibialis anterior | 12 | 1665 (291.3) | 19.9 (4.7) | Schimizzi et al. |
| Tibialis tendon | 10 | 606.73 (283.52) | 213.13 (98.86) | Elenes et al. |
| Bone – patellar tendon – bone | 10 | 1741 (304) | – |
Hoburg et al. Hoburg et al. |
| Human flexor tendons | – | 360.01 (88.17) | 221.55 (73.06) | Zhou et al. |
| Patellar tendon | 8 | 1878 (613) | – | Sobel et al. |