1. Date of download: 12/26/2017
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From: Effect of Implanting a Soft Tissue Autograft in a Central-Third Patellar Tendon Defect: Biomechanical and Histological Comparisons
J Biomech Eng. 2011;133(9): doi: /
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Force-displacement curves (mean ± SEM). PTA (n = 6) and NH (n = 6) repairs both exceeded the peak in vivo force required for activities of daily living (100 N; in vivo force and displacement, IVF and IVD, respectively) [,]. However, PTA and NH repairs do not match the normal central-third PT (Normal; n = 8 [,]) or TEC (n = 7 []) repair curves. Portions of this figure re-printed with permission from Juncosa-Melvin, (2006) [].