Table 1.

Experimental GAG and COL contents normalized to tissue wet weight (WW), GAG elastic material parameters (α₁,α₂), COL VE parameters $({\gamma }_1,{\tau }_{\mathit{1}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}},g_{\mathit{1}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}},{\tau }_{\mathit{2}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}},g_{\mathit{2}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}})$, and curve-fit R² values. Mean + 1 standard deviation values shown. GD-0 = control group with no GAG depletion. GD-55 and GD-85 = experimental groups with ~ 55 and 85% GAG depletion, respectively.

	Group
Parameter	GD-0	GD-55	GD-85
GAG/WW (mg/g)	33.6 ± 5.6	14.6 ± 1.6	7.4 ± 1.4
COL/WW (mg/g)	87.8 ± 5.6	85.9 ± 15.7	106.6 ± 15.8
α1 (MPa)	0.213	0.044	0.015
α2 (−)	2.53	1.56	2.69
γ1 (MPa)	2.91 ± 1.3	4.77 ± 1.1	11.0 ± 3.1
${\tau }_{\mathit{1}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}}(\mathrm{s})$	30.7 ± 11.1	23.6 ± 1.1	82.2 ± 25.6
$g_{\mathit{1}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}}(-)$	1.10 ± 0.76	0.81 ± 0.08	0.28 ± 0.05
${\tau }_{\mathit{2}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}}(\mathrm{s})$	312.1 ± 54.3	383.2 ± 53.2	N/A
$g_{\mathit{2}}^{\mathit{\text{COL}}}(-)$	0.80 ± 0.15	0.28 ± 0.03	N/A
R2	0.97 ± 0.04	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00