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Representative shear stress against shear strain curves (a; patient specimen, b; cadaver specimen). The shear modulus is determined as the slope of the linear portion of the curve. The shear strain is obtained by dividing the actuator displacement (mm) by the specimen thickness (mm). There is a period of initial laxity where the tissue stretches without any loading.
