Table 2.

Parameter values post-laceration reported as a percentage of pre-laceration values for each laceration depth. Values reported are mean percentage ± standard deviation and asterisk indicates a significant difference between pre- and post- laceration values for each group (p<0.05).

Laceration Depth		0.5mm	1.0mm	2.0mm	2.75mm
Nominal Stress Parameters
Cyclic Parameters	σ peak	69.0 ± 5.9	56.7 ± 8.3*	54.5 ± 7.5*	43.7 ± 14.5*
	σ decrease	38.5 ± 6.3(ISP)*	28.6 ± 8.2*	28.2 ± 6.1*	21.0 ± 8.2*
Relaxation Parameters	σ max	79.3 ± 3.0	72.2 ± 4.5	61.5 ± 9.4*	50.3 ± 14.2*
	σ decay	73.6 ± 4.1	38.9 ± 5.2	52.9 ± 11.2*	42.6 ± 12.7*
MRA Stress Parameters
Cyclic Parameters	σ peak ’	92.6 ± 5.4	76.5 ± 18.3	119.6 ± 25.3	153.6 ± 60.1
	σ decrease ’	51.6 ± 7.8*	38.8 ± 13.8*	62.2 ± 17.0*	73.7 ± 31.1
Relaxation Parameters	σ max ’	106.5 ± 4.1	97.0 ± 15.1	134.4 ± 26.4	178.3 ± 63.2
	σ decay ’	98.8 ± 5.3	92.2 ± 12.5	115.7 ± 28.3	151.8 ± 59.3
Stiffness Parameter
	Stiffness	79.0 ± 10.3	69.3 ± 8.3	65.4 ± 9.5*	49.3 ± 14.5*
Specified Load Parameters
	Strain	149.4 ± 15.4*	171.4 ± 28.4*	160.9 ± 21.1*	186.7 ± 42.8*
	σ MRA	134.7 ± 8.5*	134.0 ± 15.0*	218.2 ± 27.2*	357.6 ± 75.4*