Cervical Rotatory Manipulation Decreases Uniaxial Tensile Properties of Rabbit Atherosclerotic Internal Carotid Artery

Table 2

Biomechanical parameters of rabbits’ ICAs in the four groups.

Trait	CRM-Model group	Non-CRM-Model group	CRM-Normal group	Non-CRM-Normal group
Physiological elastic modulus			2.23 ± 1.11	2.05 ± 1.02
Max elastic modulus		12.05 ± 8.06	9.16 ± 4.01	8.04 ± 1.97
Max strain			96.52 ± 12.07	100.14 ± 20.09
Max stress	4.43 ± 1.87	4.76 ± 2.81	5.77 ± 1.84	5.19 ± 1.94

Two-way ANOVA results:
a denotes significant CRM × Model interaction.
b denotes significance of model versus normal controls (model effects).
c denotes significance of CRM versus Non-CRM (treatment effects).
d denotes significance of comparisons for CRM versus Non-CRM within model group.
f denotes significance of comparisons of model group versus normal group treated with CRM.
g denotes significance of comparisons of model group versus normal group treated without CRM.