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Table 2 Average result of failure load and Young’s modulus of elasticity of non-sterilized and non-frozen tendons [8, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36]

From: Different sterilization and disinfection methods used for human tendons – a systematic review using mechanical properties to evaluate tendon allografts

Type of tendon

Pieces

Failure load (Standard Deviation)

[N]

Young’s modulus of elasticity (Standard Deviation)

[MPa]

Authors

Peroneus longus

14

2091.6 (148.7)

90.3 (11.3)

Aguila et al.

Peroneus brevis

20

1485.7 (209.3)

82.4 (19.0)

Anterior or posterior tibialis

15

2427.3 (682.8)

75.4 (30.0)

Baldini et al.

Patellar tendons

10

25.0 (9.0)

Suhodolcan et al.

Human flexor digitorum superficialis

10

402.5 (38.4)

400.5 (58.5)

Wei et al.

Patellar tendon

14

-

158.0 (49)

Bechtold et al.

Achilles

10

3032 (677)

292.04 (123.15)

Conrad et al.

Tibialis anterior

12

1665 (291.3)

19.9 (4.7)

Schimizzi et al.

Tibialis tendon

10

606.73 (283.52)

213.13 (98.86)

Elenes et al.

Bone – patellar tendon – bone

10

1741 (304)

Hoburg et al.

Hoburg et al.

Human flexor tendons

360.01 (88.17)

221.55 (73.06)

Zhou et al.

Patellar tendon

8

1878 (613)

Sobel et al.