Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 1 Material Properties of Scaffold Designs^a

From: Augmented repair of radial meniscus tear with biomimetic electrospun scaffold: an in vitro mechanical analysis

	Aligned	Random	Biomimetic
Ultimate Stress (MPa)
Parallel	12.9 ± 4.3^{, **}	3.4 ± 1.1^***	8.5 ± 1.9^{, **}
Perpendicular	1.2 ± 0.3^****	3.8 ± 1.0^***	5.1 ± 1.0^***
Ultimate Strain (mm/mm)
Parallel	0.40 ± 0.03^*	3.28 ± 1.49^****	0.34 ± 0.08
Perpendicular	3.69 ± 1.30	3.00 ± 1.46	0.40 ± 0.07^***
Modulus (MPa)
Parallel	93.6 ± 33.9^{, ****}	16.9 ± 9.7	68.7 ± 14.7^{, ****}
Perpendicular	2.7 ± 0.5^***	18.5 ± 5.4^***	39.4 ± 11.6^****
Yield Stress (MPa)
Parallel	4.9 ± 1.5^{, ****}	1.7 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 1.3^{, ****}
Perpendicular	0.4 ± 0.1^****	1.7 ± 0.4^***	2.2 ± 0.4^***
Yield Strain (mm/mm)
Parallel	0.06 ± 0.01^*****	0.11 ± 0.04	0.07 ± 0.01^*****
Perpendicular	0.12 ± 0.07	0.10 ± 0.04	0.07 ± 0.02

^aFor a given scaffold type, significant difference when comparing parallel vs. perpendicular direction, ^* p < 0.001, ^** p < 0.05; Significantly different from both scaffolds, ^*** p < 0.05, ^**** p < 0.001; Significantly different from random scaffold, ^***** p < 0.01, ^****** p < 0.05

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