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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov 30;49(3):1083–1096. doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02685-9

TABLE 2.

Strain-based biomechanics exposure metrics

Description Metric Cumulative metric Units
First principal strain (ε1) Strain (95th%) ε 1,95 Σε 1,95 mm/mm
Strain (100th%) ε 1,100 Σε 1,100 mm/mm
Strain rate (95th%) ε˙1,95 Σε˙1,95 s−1
Strain rate (100th%) ε˙1,100 Σε˙1,100 s−1
Strain*strain rate (95th%) ε1,95ε˙1,95 Σε1,95ε˙1,95 mm/mm*s−1
Strain*strain rate (100th%) ε1,100ε˙1,100 Σε1,100ε˙1,100 mm/mm*s−1
VSM VSM 1 ΣVSM 1 mm/mm
VSRM VSRM 1 ΣVSRM 1 s−1
VSM*strain (95th%) VSM1 * ε1,95 ΣVSM1 * ε1,95 mm/mm
VSM*strain (100th%) VSM1 * ε1,100 ΣVSM1 * ε1,100 mm/mm
VSM*strain rate (95th%) VSM1ε˙1,95 ΣVSM1ε˙1,95 s−1
VSM*strain rate (100th%) VSM1ε˙1,100 ΣVSM1ε˙1,100 s−1
third principal strain (ε3) strain (5th%) ε 3,5 Σε 3,5 mm/mm
strain (0%) ε 3,0 Σε 3,0 mm/mm
strain rate (5th%) ε˙3,5 Σε˙3,5 s−1
strain rate (0%) ε˙3,0 Σε˙3,0 s−1
strain*strain rate (5th%) Σε3,5ε˙3,5 ε3,5ε˙3,5 mm/mm*s−1
strain*strain rate (0%) Σε3,0ε˙3,0 ε3,0ε˙3,0 mm/mm*s−1
VSM VSM 3 ΣVSM 3 mm/mm
VSRM VSRM 3 ΣVSRM 3 s−1
VSM*strain (5th%) VSM3 * ε3,5 ΣVSM3 * ε3,5 mm/mm
VSM*strain (0%) VSM3 * ε3,0 ΣVSM3 * ε3,0 mm/mm
VSM*strain rate (5th%) VSM3ε˙3,5 ΣVSM3ε˙3,5 s−1
VSM*strain rate (0%) VSM3ε˙3,0 ΣVSM3ε˙3,0 s−1
Shear strain (γ) Shear strain (95th%) γ 95 Σγ 95 mm/mm
Strain (100th%) γ 100 Σγ 100 mm/mm
Strain rate (95th%) γ˙95 Σγ˙95 s−1
Strain rate (100th%) γ˙100 Σγ˙100 s−1
Strain*strain rate (95th%) γ95γ˙95 Σγ95γ˙95 mm/mm*s−1
Strain*strain rate (100th%) γ100γ˙100 Σγ100γ˙100 mm/mm*s−1
VSSM VSSM ΣVSSM mm/mm
VSSRM VSSRM ΣVSSRM s−1
VSSM*shear strain (95th%) VSSM * γ95 ΣVSSM * γ95 mm/mm
VSSM*shear strain (100th%) VSSM * γ100 ΣVSSM * γ100 mm/mm
VSSM*shear strain rate (95th%) VSSMγ˙95 ΣVSSMγ˙95 s−1
VSSM*shear strain rate (100th%) VSSMγ˙100 ΣVSSMγ˙100 s−1