Fig. 4

Box plot for mean load-to-failure strength and stiffness for each method (7 legs for each method). a Single stitch yielded significantly lower load-to-failure strength (#, p = 0.002). bSingle stitch also yielded significantly lower stiffness (#, p < 0.001), whereas triple stitch yielded the highest stiffness among the three repair methods (☆, p = 0.001). †N: newton, error bar: range ‡statistical analysis : Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni post hoc analysis