Table 2: failure load of native Achilles tendon.

Specimen No.

Sample Side 1 [N]

Failure location

Sample Side 2 [N]

Failure location

1

3263

At an artificial made incision mid tendon

2614

At an artificial made incision mid tendon

2

2463

At an artificial made incision mid tendon

2785

At an artificial made incision mid tendon

3

5972

proximal part

5500

proximal part

4

4743

proximal part

4299

proximal part

5

3884

Tendon-muscle interface

5287

Tendon-muscle interface

6

4066

Pull-Out-Rupture at the proximal clamp

5103

Pull-Out-Rupture at the proximal clamp

7

3786

Close to frozen area

4543

Close to frozen area

8

2408

Close to frozen area

5821

mid tendon

9

3710

Distal part tendon -bone interface

4997

mid tendon

10

3079

Distal part tendon -bone interface

3942

Close to frozen area

Average force until failure

 

4113 [N] SD: 1091 [N]