Int J Shoulder Surg Close
 

Figure 4: The displacements of sutures in the infraspinatus tendons recorded manually and automatically by the MTS machine. (a) The displacement (cut-through distance) of sutures measured manually with a digital caliper at the end of 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading. (b) The overall axial displacements of sutures recorded by the MTS machine at the end of 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading, which included the cut-through distance and the stretching of the muscle, tendon, and suture. (c) The axial displacements of sutures at the end of 1000 cycles, recorded by the MTS machine from 100 to 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading. Of note, FiberWire® suture completely cut-through the infraspinatus tendons for a distance >15 mm. The data represent means ± standard deviations (error bars, n = 5)

Figure 4: The displacements of sutures in the infraspinatus tendons recorded manually and automatically by the MTS machine. (a) The displacement (cut-through distance) of sutures measured manually with a digital caliper at the end of 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading. (b) The overall axial displacements of sutures recorded by the MTS machine at the end of 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading, which included the cut-through distance and the stretching of the muscle, tendon, and suture. (c) The axial displacements of sutures at the end of 1000 cycles, recorded by the MTS machine from 100 to 1000 cycles of 10-70 N loading. Of note, FiberWire® suture completely cut-through the infraspinatus tendons for a distance >15 mm. The data represent means ± standard deviations (error bars, <i>n</i> = 5)