Fig. 4.

Calculation of and correction for the end-effect: (A) compliance against specimen length. The point where the regression line crosses the x-axis gives an indication of the magnitude of the end-effect. (B) Strain corrected for end-effect: bovine extensor=significant reduction in failure strain with every increase in sample length (except 5–10 mm); rat tail=higher strains in 5–20 mm compared to 80–100 mm samples and 5–10 mm compared to 60 mm samples. * indicates a significant difference between rat tail and bovine extensor fascicles at a specific specimen length (p≤0.05).