Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 1 Breaking strength (N) and moduli of rigidity (N/mm) of all specimens, mean and standard deviation

From: The improved cortical button shows better breaking strength of sutures compared with 10 original cortical button after cyclic loading

	Breaking strength (N)	Moduli of rigidity (N/mm)
500 cycles
Original (n = 10)	646.5 ± 33.7	332.2 ± 15.6
Improved (n = 10)	667.5 ± 41.1	361.7 ± 25.5
P value	0.326	0.027
^ad	0.559	1.396
1000 cycles
Original (n = 10)	618.2 ± 51.2	341.4 ± 22.7
Improved (n = 10)	656.4 ± 33.5	359.1 ± 22.4
P value	0.067	0.142
^ad	0.883	0.785

P value by two sample paired t-test
^ad: Effect size by Cohen’s d

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