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Details of the number of animals used during the study for clinical, histological and biomechanical analysis.
| Time period | Number of animals | Macroscopic and histopathologic analysis |
Macroscopic and biomechanical analysis |
Clinical observations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pSFT | oSFT | pSFT | oSFT | Contralateral knees | pSFT | oSFT | ||
| 4 weeks | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 12 weeks | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 26 weeks | 20 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Reserves | 2 | / | / | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | 1 |
