Table 1 Results from four-point bending and torsion tests, showing data from individual specimens and combined treatment means and standard deviations.

From: Osteoinductive 3D printed scaffold healed 5 cm segmental bone defects in the ovine metatarsus

Treatment

Bending stiffness (N/mm)

Ultimate torque (N m)

Yield torque (N m)

Torsional rigidity (N m 2/radian)

Scaffold

780

24

16

12

Scaffold

1400

52

30

31

Mean ± standard deviation

1090 ± 440

38 ± 19

23 ± 10

21 ± 13

Control

1200

34

24

20

Control

950

15

12

11

Mean ± standard deviation

1070 ± 170

25 ± 14

18 ± 8

15 ± 7