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Table 1 Tensile Testing

From: Effects of collagen crosslinking on porcine and human tarsal plate

Stress-strain measures

Control samples

Treatment samples

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Two-tailed P-value

Porcine tarsal experiments

 Peak Load (N)

28.53

12.01

32.75

14.25

0.42

 Peak Stress (MPa)

4.19

2.00

5.31

3.04

0.28

 Strain at break point (in/in)

1.70

1.52

3.02

2.54

0.16

 Young’s modulus (MPa)

8.60

7.51

8.99

7.72

0.90

 Number of Samples

13

13

 

Human tarsal experiments

 Peak Load (N)

10.43

1.42

11.13

1.96

0.54

 Peak Stress (MPa)

2.15

0.47

2.82

1.27

0.28

 Strain at break point (in/in)

0.48

0.07

0.49

0.16

0.82

 Young’s modulus (MPa)

6.32

2.23

7.82

2.61

0.36

 Number of Samples

4

6

 
  1. Tensile testing in porcine and human specimens shows no significant difference in the Young’s modulus or peak stress for either group (P > 0.05)
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BMC Ophthalmology

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