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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2007 Sep 5;22(9):999–1003. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.07.009

Figure 1. Specimen preparation.

Figure 1

(a) A 5 mm wide by 10 mm long specimen is taken from the middle finger flexor digitorum superficialis tendon surface, and associated full thickness of SSCT.

(b) The deep (tendon) and superficial (SSCT) surfaces of the specimen are attached to a 3×20 mm plastic plate on each of SSCT with cyanoacrylate, and then the specimen is trimmed to 3 × 5 mm.

(c) Side view of the specimen with attached plastic plates, which connect to the load cell and linear motor for the shear testing.