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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2008 Dec 13;2(6):613–619. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.11.008

Figure 5.

Figure 5

With each cycle of prgoressive loading, the modulus of cortical bone decreased for both modes of loading in a similar fashion. The rate of change with respective to the strain of the cycle was greater through yielding but slowed through the post-yield strains.