Date of download: 12/31/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Effects of the Frequency and Duration of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Cultured Collagen Fascicles From the Rabbit Patellar Tendon J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(7):1168-1175. doi:10.1115/1.2073587 Figure Legend: Apparatus for the culture of collagen fascicles under cyclic load condition . Four fascicles can be set up in parallel in a culture bath. Four load cells are used to measure load applied to each fascicle. A linear actuator was used for the application of displacement, and the load is continuously monitored during culture.

Date of download: 12/31/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Effects of the Frequency and Duration of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Cultured Collagen Fascicles From the Rabbit Patellar Tendon J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(7):1168-1175. doi:10.1115/1.2073587 Figure Legend: Stress-strain curves of control fascicles and the fascicles cultured for 1 (A) and 2 (B) weeks. There were no noticeable differences in the shape of the curves among the groups. The tangent modulus was calculated from the slope of each curve (linear regression) between 2% and 5% strain.

Date of download: 12/31/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Effects of the Frequency and Duration of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Cultured Collagen Fascicles From the Rabbit Patellar Tendon J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(7):1168-1175. doi:10.1115/1.2073587 Figure Legend: Tangent modulus of collagen fascicles. A two-way ANOVA was used to assess statistical differences with respect to experimental groups and culture periods, followed by Fisher’s PLSD test for comparisons among groups at each period. A two-way ANOVA showed significant differences among groups. The moduli in the non-loaded, 1Hz-1h, and 1Hz-4h groups were significantly smaller compared with the control group both at 1 and 2weeks. The moduli in the 4Hz-1h group were significantly larger than those in the control, non-loaded, 1Hz-1h, and 1Hz-4h groups except for at 2weeks; there was no significant difference between the 4Hz-1h and control groups at 2weeks. There were no significant differences in the modulus among these three groups except for the 1Hz-4h group at 2weeks.

Date of download: 12/31/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Effects of the Frequency and Duration of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Cultured Collagen Fascicles From the Rabbit Patellar Tendon J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(7):1168-1175. doi:10.1115/1.2073587 Figure Legend: Tensile strength of collagen fascicles. A two-way ANOVA was used to assess statistical differences with respect to experimental groups and culture periods, followed by Fisher’s PLSD test for comparisons among groups at each period. A two-way ANOVA showed significant differences among groups. The strength in the non-loaded, 1Hz-1h, and 1Hz-4h groups were significantly lower compared with the control group both at 1 and 2weeks. Although there was a significant difference in the strength between the 4Hz-1h and control groups at 1week, this difference disappeared at 2weeks.

Date of download: 12/31/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Effects of the Frequency and Duration of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Cultured Collagen Fascicles From the Rabbit Patellar Tendon J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(7):1168-1175. doi:10.1115/1.2073587 Figure Legend: Strain at failure of collagen fascicles. A two-way ANOVA was used to assess statistical differences with respect to experimental groups and culture periods, followed by Fisher’s PLSD test for comparisons among groups at each period. A two-way ANOVA showed significant differences among groups. The strain at failure was significantly larger in the 1Hz-1h and 1Hz-4h groups than in the control group except for the 1Hz-1h group at 1week, whereas there were no significant differences in the strain between the 4Hz-1h and control groups both at 1 and 2weeks.