Table 1.

Summary of Ogden coefficients calculated for the median nerve, flexor pollicis longus (FPL), individual superficial (S), and individual deep (D) flexor tendons (averaged from n=10 cadaver hands). The fingers are referred to numerically with index, middle, ring, and little fingers being numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The superficial little finger tendon (S5) was not tested due to its very small cross-section (< 2 mm diameter in most cases).

	μ (kPa)				α
	Average	St Dev	Max	Min	Average	St Dev	Max	Min
S2	39.7	22.6	88.4	9.9	7.7	3.6	12.6	2.6
S3	32.6	9.9	44.5	14.6	7.8	4.0	14.9	3.7
S4	33.7	13.0	49.7	5.6	10.0	4.2	17	4.3
D2	43.3	27.9	101.5	12.9	11.8	4.8	19.1	5.6
D3	47.0	28.8	125.1	24.4	7.7	4.1	15	1.8
D4	27.7	9.8	44.9	15.9	8.0	5.4	17.3	2.4
D5	39.5	11.4	56.9	19.8	9.2	4.3	17.2	1.8
FPL	24.9	9.8	39.8	11.1	10.9	4.4	16.4	3
Nerve	12.9	4.8	23.8	6.4	6.5	4.9	15.2	1.7