Fig. 5From: Two-month longitudinal study of mechanical properties of absorbable sutures used in orthopedic surgeryHysteresis after cyclic loading. Hysteresis as area under the curve of the stress strain curve (representing the mechanical work absorbed by the suture material during testing), for simplification described as ratio to the area under the curve of the first half of the cyclic load, on different time points (mean, upper 95 % CI and lower 95 % CI)Back to article page