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. 2022 Jan 18;13:142–148. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2021.10.011

Table 3.

Biomechanical testing results of artificial Sawbones patellae with and without prior harvest of bone patellar tendon bone site.

Trial Max compressive force (N) Max displacement (mm)
Cemented composite patellae without prior BPTB autograft
 No BPTB 1 4979.82 4.13
 No BPTB 2 4630.66 4.27
 No BPTB 3 5355.99 5.13
 No BPTB 4 3186.05 2.23
 No BPTB 5 4890.27 2.60
 No BPTB 6 4700.50 2.41
 No BPTB 7 4492.76 3.00
 No BPTB 8 5199.07 3.13
 No BPTB 9 3227.36 2.55
 No BPTB 10 4851.58 2.68
Cemented composite patellae with prior BPTB autograft
 BPTB 1 1882.48 2.17
 BPTB 2 2532.18 3.03
 BPTB 3 3395.31 3.76
 BPTB 4 2676.62 3.36
 BPTB 5 2973.79 3.22
 BPTB 6 2360.65 3.38
 BPTB 7 3492.30 3.09
 BPTB 8 2906.14 3.66
 BPTB 9 2775.93 3.44
 BPTB 10 3558.41 3.81

BPTB, bone patellar tendon bone.